Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fussed (about or over)
Verb
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Ever been annoyed after Windows setup that your user folder has a weird name?—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
28 May 2026 -
When people get their interest rate wrong, they get annoyed.—
Sam Sammane,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Verb
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Throughout the rosary recital in the grotto, I was plagued with worry.—
Annie Ernaux,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Criminal groups have increasingly launched drone strikes and armed attacks have plagued the race, and last June, politician and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was fatally shot at a political rally.—
Raquel Coronell Uribe,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
Verb
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That process, too, has nagged at her confidence and her resolve.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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The milquetoast nature of the statement — with its measured language and nonexistent call to action — and the broader absence of real accountability have nagged at me for weeks.—
Uzma Rentia,
STAT,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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From the moment the Dutch colonized the area in the 17th century, disposing of trash has vexed New York City leaders, recognized as heroes when the city somehow gets clean and villainized when the trash piles soar.—
TIM CRAIG THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
5 Apr. 2026
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Siblings are rich terrain for fiction precisely because they are so vexed—a pressure point where the imperative to create a singular hero meets the desire to imagine new forms of connection.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Adelman was always frustrated with anything that wasn’t basketball-related, and he’d often be irked by basketball played below its potential.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Edmund Fitton-Brown, a senior fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) told Fox News Digital that Somaliland’s recognition of Israel and Israel’s recognition of it last December has clearly irked Iran.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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“Fussed (about or over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fussed%20%28about%20or%20over%29. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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