fuss
noun
an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle.
have fussed
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present perfectof fuss.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Seem to have fussed a bit over it, too.
From Vanguards of the Plains by Margaret Hill McCarter
Had Billy Sunday been in the regular theatrical business he would not have fussed with a little independent theatre.
From The Invisible Censor by Francis Hackett
Another man, almost any other, would have idled while the five minutes passed, and most men, especially busy men, would have fussed nervously at having to wait when they were ready.
From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Arthur Warren
Maybe I haven't been through high school and you have fussed around at college; just the same, Mr. Steve Packard, Terry Temple's not your fool or any other man's!
From Man to Man by Jackson Gregory
Now that she had it in her hand it seemed to her amazing that Mrs. Potten, with her big income, should have fussed over such a small matter.
From The New Warden by Mrs. David G. Ritchie
