Which preposition to use with fret

about Occurrences 48%

"When thee is rested we'll have a talk, lad," said his host, as they rose from the table; "but thee'd better bide with us for the summer and not fret about the future: thee dost need a holiday.

at Occurrences 33%

This weak spot in the Church, which business men mock at, or fret at, exactly reveals the work that is waiting for business men to do.

over Occurrences 23%

But to fret over our disadvantages, and to extol the past, is only to ignore the price that was paid for those advantages we covet.

with Occurrences 23%

The jujube and the willow-tree All fretted with the dew we see.

for Occurrences 22%

" She sighed, and her well-manicured fingers fretted for a moment with the counterpane.

of Occurrences 18%

I looked into a world beyonda fabric of moonlight and hilltop and the hot fret of youth.

after Occurrences 11%

I cannot wonder you fret after so handsome, so captivating a man as the earl, especially when you are worried to death to marry a common apprentice like Leonard Holt, who is not fit to hold a candle to your noble admirer.

under Occurrences 10%

Patricia respected the sentiment, and continued to fret under its manifestation.

in Occurrences 9%

A weak wind fretted in the cedars back of us, and an owl hooted.

against Occurrences 6%

Well, the day passed, and so did the night, as all days and nights will whether one possesses his soul with patience or frets against that which he cannot remedy, and General Herkimer stood in the opening of his fir camp gazing at the men as if trying to decide whom he should take with him to the powwow, when Jacob stepped out in full view in order to attract the commander's attention.

on Occurrences 4%

He was stamping and fretting on the other side of the stream, the banks of which were so steep as almost to form a chasm, and from his back the terrible old Squire hurled the vials of his wrath.

like Occurrences 4%

'T will please you all to hear that, though I fret like a lion in a net, her present health and spirits are better than they have been for some time past; she is absolutely three years and a half younger, as I tell her, since we have adopted this boarding plan.

into Occurrences 3%

We cannot bear to have our thin wardrobe eaten and fretted into by moths.

out Occurrences 2%

You shall have him go fretting out of company, with some twenty quarrels to every man, stung and galled, and no man knows less the occasion than they that have given it.

to Occurrences 2%

At last when the artist was fretted to an extremity, F came forward and so cordially praised the picture that the artist, being now warmed and comforted, presently excused himself in a high excitement and rushed away to start another picture while the pleasant spell was on him.

as Occurrences 2%

I had enough of party-making, and was quite sick with indignation at the cowardice of the men; and my lord was in as great a fret as I, but there was no remedy.

before Occurrences 1%

You may resolve to think of your picture only; but, if you have been fretted before beginning, no manly or clear grasp of it will be possible for you.

throughout Occurrences 1%

The ribs are fretted throughout the whole height with elegant crockets, thus imparting to the sky-line an appearance similar to the gusty spray on the borders of a rain-cloud.

amid Occurrences 1%

All the air was laden with the bitter fragrance of the May, and all the bosky shades of the woodlands beyond rang with the sweet song of birds the throstle cock, the cuckoo, and the wood pigeonand with the song of birds mingled the cool sound of the gurgling brook that leaped out of the forest shades, and ran fretting amid its rough, gray stones across the sunlit open glade before the trysting tree.

within Occurrences 1%

As the winds fret within the Æolian cave, Galled by their monarch's chain.

by Occurrences 1%

Chapter I. "'Twas a commodity lay fretting by you; 'Twill bring you gain, or perish on the seas.

without Occurrences 1%

Mrs. Preston grew old fast, in appearance, and fretted without ceasing for the fortune and position which she had lost.

beyond Occurrences 1%

" "What was the matter on which you wanted to speak to me?" said Mrs. Poynsett, fretted beyond endurance by the soft, caressing tone.

beneath Occurrences 1%

As when, from Aetna's smoking summit broke, The eyeless Cyclops heaved the craggy rock, Where Ocean frets beneath the dashing oar, 20 And parting surges round the vessel roar; 'Twas there he aim'd the meditated harm, And scarce Ulysses 'scaped his giant arm.

Which preposition to use with  fret