Frets
Tries
Both words in one sentence
- In an episode of Teen Titans, Starfire gets a "pimple" that she frets over and tries to hide until Raven tells her that "everybody gets them".
Source: Rise of Zitboy -
Michael Santangelo is a bad homicide detective who frets over his low 40% clearance rate, which he tries to justify on the grounds that he doesn't get that many "dunkers" (easy to solve cases).
Source: Series / The Wire -
Token loli Yukari frets over being the Token loli and wants to grow up like everyone else, to the point that she tries to develop a "grow older" potion.
Source: Manga / Rosario + Vampire
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