What's the difference between bretful and fretful?

Bretful


Definition:

  • (a.) Brimful.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sanders, the Vermont senator and self-described democratic socialist, first answered questions from Fox News anchor Bret Baier over his comments in Sunday’s debate that white people “don’t know what it’s like to be living in a ghetto”.
  • (2) Benefits of the Bret-Palmer modified technique are discussed.
  • (3) Government misquoting my report to defend revoking citizenship, says Bret Walker Read more Some ministers believe the detail of the citizenship legislation should be presented to cabinet for final decision, given that the last discussion occurred around a vague proposal without a cabinet submission or any kind of documentation or any legal advice.
  • (4) A former adviser cited by the government as the inspiration for the plan, Bret Walker, says he never backed it , believes it would be struck down by the high court, and is “unimpressed” that the government keeps claiming him as a supporter.
  • (5) The draft rules we have seen would not deliver that,” said Bret Harper, head of research at Reputex.
  • (6) All metroplasties were performed according to the Bret-Palmer technique modified by authors.
  • (7) The world first met him via the Conchords, the show of the group he formed with Bret McKenzie at university in Wellington in the late 1990s.
  • (8) The New York Times headline of their review, which ran three weeks before publication, was "Snuff this book: don't let Bret Easton Ellis get away with murder".
  • (9) Rudd's legal representative, Bret Walker SC, told the commission the former prime minister had "no problem" with all his statement being publicly disclosed, but the decision was the commission's.
  • (10) Bret Conkin, FundRazr This could really be the future for charities: The charity sector that adopts this method in their mix will find it a powerful and empowering method to overcome donor fatigue, marshall evangelists and create deep connection.
  • (11) "As my mom explained to me, when two companies love each other very much, they form a structured investment vehicle," said the FriendFeed chief executive, Bret Taylor, in a blog post on the company website .
  • (12) If you watched the [sic] Bret Baier and what he was saying and what he was talking about and how he mentioned the word wiretap, you would feel very confident that you could mention the name.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest House intelligence committee: no evidence Obama wiretapped Trump – video Who needs the combined might of the intelligence agencies – commanded, as it happens, by one President Trump – when you’ve got the “failing” New York Times and the Bret Baier to lean on?
  • (13) Although Tartt, who started eight years of work on The Secret History while she was still a student at Bennington College in Vermont, has been romantically linked in the past to the writers Bret Easton Ellis and Nicholas Shakespeare, in public she has only ever expressed affection for her dog.
  • (14) It is very, very carefully targeted against those people who give us good reason to suspect that they may be engaged in activities which are a threat to national security and the lives of Australians.” Bret Walker SC, whose term as the independent national security legislation monitor expired earlier this year, has backed the need to collect and store metadata, but suggested a warrant system for agencies to access it.
  • (15) When Less Than Zero was published a quarter of a century ago, Ellis says, "I would read about 'Bret Easton Ellis', and I'd go, Well, that isn't me.
  • (16) But I realised 'Bret Easton Ellis' was going to take over, and that I was more or less dead.
  • (17) We conclude that barium small bowel examination, when performed according to the Bret's technique, is a very effective method for the diagnosis of Meckel diverticulum.
  • (18) This is a very important issue, particularly for the younger generation.” The outgoing Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, Bret Walker SC, has also called for the government to make the proposed data retention regime subject to warrants.
  • (19) Everyone knows that Patrick Bateman, the narrator of Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho , obsessively details the items of designer garb that he and his yuppie acquaintances are wearing.
  • (20) Bret Walker, the former independent national security legislation monitor, told ABC Radio on Monday that his recommendation that dual citizens be stripped of their Australian nationality came with the caveat that the person in question must first be convicted of a terrorism-related offence.

Fretful


Definition:

  • (a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The FSA was fretting about solvency when liquidity was the problem.
  • (2) She finds indoor activities to discourage the kids from playing outside on the foulest days, and plans holidays abroad as often as possible – but still frets about what their years in Delhi may do to her children’s health.
  • (3) It might seem absurd, but she also fretted about the horrendous poll tax bills received by people she knew, people she knew couldn't pay.
  • (4) And in a broader sense, the sort of Conservatives who think intelligently and strategically – and there are more of them than you think – fret that a bearded 66-year-old socialist has ignited political debate in a way that absolutely nobody in the mainstream predicted.
  • (5) It certainly saved her fretting over her debut sex scene.
  • (6) Moyes had already described how he had fretted about his attire when Ferguson initially invited him round to discuss the biggest job in English football and how the colour had drained from his face when he was offered it.
  • (7) For long periods Argentina had been stifled by a fine counterpunching opposition, but it would be a little hasty to fret too much about them after this performance.
  • (8) Chipmaker ARM is the biggest faller in London, as analysts fret about a slowdown in royalty revenues.
  • (9) "I used to be really nervous and sit in my dressing room and fret about a scene," he told Rolling Stone .
  • (10) Hewitt, playing in probably his last Davis Cup for his country at 34 before retiring from the game at the Australian Open in January, added: “We were able to keep Andy out there for a long time, but he’s still favourite [on Sunday].” For the British team, the Murrays’ win lifted a considerable weight off the shoulders of the captain, Leon Smith, who shared the crowd’s anxiety at several key moments of the match, none more fretful than when Andy Murray failed to serve it out in the fourth set and then when they were unable to convert the first match point in the subsequent tie-break.
  • (11) While Victorians celebrated the empire on which the sun would never set with successive jubilees (golden, 1887, and diamond, 1897), many readers fretted over foreign (increasingly German) threats to the harmony of English life.
  • (12) On Tuesday, for every wealthy Kolonaki resident fretting about their cash, there was a less well-off state or company employee convinced it would not come to that.
  • (13) They fretted as political ambition was given rocket boosters by technology.
  • (14) But better economic sentiment means more market fretting over the Fed's huge stimulus programme being scaled back.
  • (15) • Follow the Guardian's World Cup team on Twitter • Sign up to play our daily Fantasy Football game • Stats centre: Get the lowdown on every player • The latest semi-final news, features and more People get fretful.
  • (16) • Three graphs to stop smartphone fans fretting about market share
  • (17) After dinner she drove him to the railway station while fretting over leaving her baby son sleeping at home.
  • (18) Significant differences in the shapes of the cathodic Tafel slopes were also seen with cylinders with different surface conditions, and static versus fretting plates.
  • (19) Despite their jokey exterior, most had big things on their mind, fretting over marriages and babies, breakups and single life; less "grossout" comedy than "freakout".
  • (20) City analysts still fret that Bailey has either taken on too much or is an unproven chief executive.

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