Example Sentences

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Boaz had been fussing, and it had been Eli’s turn to get up and feed him.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

If someone had been fussing with me to read like my sister, I might have missed the picture book filled with brown people, more brown people than I'd ever seen in a book before.

From "Brown Girl Dreaming" by Jacqueline Woodson

Martha, she had been fussing around some flower bushes with a pair of shears and gloves on.

From Danny's Own Story by Marquis, Don

Archie winced at this truthful statement and nervously dropped a palette with which he had been fussing.

From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert

While he had been fussing and fretting at the cellar window, the Bullfinches must have come home and Mr. Bullfinch had put on the Sousa record.

From Jerry's Charge Account by Geer, Charles