Example Sentences

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The flavor of the juk with mushrooms and oysters was a bit undeveloped, but the ginseng-chicken variety tasted as if a worried grandmother had fussed over it all day.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2014

On one possession I learned why he had fussed with his shorts.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2012

Queen Sirikit, herself a famous beauty, had fussed with Pook before the contest, marching her up and down the palace halls to watch her posture.

From Time Magazine Archive

Adele had fussed over us even more than our mother had.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Madam’s linen chest, the one that she had fussed about when we arrived, was in the middle of the library floor, the top thrown open.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson