He was a sickly child, and his mother fretted over him.

While his mother frets about having to find "extra-long everything!"

But mother frets if the wood gets low.

Last week, a cluster of boys playing outside the school said that ever since the disappearance, their mothers had fretted over their safety.

And mother is fretting her heart out over it.

Father and mother were fretting in their impatience to see their departed daughter again.

The difference, back then, was that our mothers didn't fret much over how we were perceived, aside from murmuring occasional reassurances.

He was hurt between the past glamour with Miriam and the knowledge that his mother fretted.

His mother fretted that they might cause trouble.

As long as he's in good hands, his mother won't fret.