Example Sentences

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But where, he once wrote distressedly, "was that record of this intellectual and moral power, which during more than two centuries, had been going out from the walls of Harvard?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, four days after Georgie was scheduled to leave, the Russians at the Badger's Den distressedly called the police and asked them please to find George.

From Time Magazine Archive

Maria began to weep, then restrained herself, but she looked accusingly and distressedly at her father.

From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Brett, Harold M.

"Ward, don't say those things!" the girl said, distressedly.

From Harriet and the Piper by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

"Oh, don't speak of him harshly!" cried Bernardine, distressedly.

From Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife by Libbey, Laura Jean