For the most part, during the preoperative period, when the infant or child is frequentlyfretfuland distressed, the care is provided by the parents.
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Those were heady times, made more acute and oftenfretfulby the lack of confidence in where things might go.
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Our society, which obeyed the law and understood the concept of the rule of law, has become more and morefretful.
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If they do not get it, they become nervous andfretful.
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Solicitors as a group are, naturally,fretfulthat they should be made the scapegoat for the present state of the law.
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Many of them are substantial grievances; some of them loom large, just because men have become tired andfretful.
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It is oftenfretfuland vociferous, and even malignant.
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There is a real danger that impatient andfretfulmen, swept off their feet by indignation and enthusiasm, may destroy more than they build.
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Relations between the press and politicians in democracies are, all over the world, always uneasy, suspicious andfretful.
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But, of course, we all know that much must be conceded to thefretfulimpatience of reforming zeal which could not be tolerated in the process of normal politics.
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As a comic, he developed the persona of an insecure, intellectual,fretfulnebbish, which he maintains is quite different from his real-life personality.
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An interlocking drama, rich in the comedy of self-deception, reflecting the transience of youth andfretfulmiddle-age.
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An occasionallyfretful, attractive homebody, known for her cooking.
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The wear and tear upon their nerves and their muscles, and the loss of sleep make them peevish andfretful.
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Her stock persona (afretful, flustered, worrisome spinster) made her instantly recognizable and was often imitated in cartoons and other films.
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