"You were brought in about noon today," says the intern, growing more fretful.

Pink's cheeks no longer made his name appropriate, and he was not the only one who grew fretful over small things.

When I pressed her, however, she grew fretful.

Soon, Maudrayne knew, the boy would grow bored and fretful.

While the days went by, Lumden grew increasingly fretful.

The young man's horse, grown fretful with the wait, pawed the ground and started to back away.

Later, in his room, he paced and fantasised, growing ever more angry with himself and fretful as the hours slipped by.

The journal entries grow increasingly fretful throughout the summer.

She stood alone in the gloom, growing more fretful as the minutes ticked by.

Tirel could be amused by playing chess only so long, and grew fretful.