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How to use fuss in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Fuss means excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something. Example: “They made a big fuss about the wedding plans.”

Examples of fuss by meaning

nounExcessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.

  • They made a big fuss about the wedding plans.
  • What's all the fuss about?
  • But in the reader comments section beneath the FT piece, many couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about.2018 January 25, Amelia Gentleman, “Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power”, in the Guardian

nounA complaint or noise; a scene.

  • If you make enough of a fuss about the problem, maybe they'll fix it for you.

nounAn exhibition of affection or admiration.

  • They made a great fuss over the new baby.

verbTo be very worried or excited about something, often too much.

  • His grandmother will never quit fussing over his vegetarianism.
  • But it seems to me that fussing about masculinity is intimately related to homophobia.1984 December 29, Duncan Mitchel, “The Cult of Gay Machismo”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 9

verbTo fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust.

  • Quit fussing with your hair. It looks fine.

verbTo pet.

  • He fussed the cat.

More sentences with fuss

  • He's just not that fussed about going to the party.From the entry fussed
  • The fuss and faff meant Christmas had long since been drained of any joy and excitement.2017, Andi Watson, Glister, →ISBN. From the entry faff
  • He'll call, make a fuss, then fix the window and forget about it.2016 October 4, Steve Vernon, Resurrection: Book Two of the Tatterdemon Trilogy, Stark Raven Press, page 73. From the entry all foam, no beer
  • But now that we were running so late, I didn't have time to fuss with them.2015 February, Coco Simon, “Cupcake Panda-monium”, in Alexis's Cupcake Cupid, Simon Spotlight, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing…. From the entry clomp
  • Jock beflirts Aelita who doesn't get indulged at all by the fuss he obviously makes.2015, Delilah Jay, A Liberal Temptation. From the entry beflirt
  • Big fuss for nothing. — It might get overturned, but it gets ink along the way.2014 February, John Mankiewicz, House of Cards, season 2, episode 6. From the entry get ink
  • She starts to fuss and cluck me into well-being, but I'm not fussable today.2012, Harry Bingham, Talking to the Dead, Orion, →ISBN. From the entry fussable
  • 'Oh, I know,' fussed Lemuel, 'there's all that primary warp nonsense, but that's so yester-millennium, Mevrad.2012, Benjamin J. Myers, The Spiral Horizon, Book 6. From the entry yester-millennium
  • One might have expected more fuss against this new direction from the most prominent reader-responsers themselves.2009, John Maynard, Literary Intention, Literary Interpretations, and Readers, Broadview Press, →ISBN, →Google Books, page 301. From the entry responser
  • She asked Denise for the court file, which she fussed from her handbag.2005, Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry peruse
  • The recent fuss about gunplay isn't an ickiness issue but a safety argument.1999 October 21, Malcolm McMahon, “Re: A proposal: soc.subculture.bdsm-ykiok?”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet). From the entry gunplay
  • With much fuss and kindness they brought me coffee and candied rosepetal jam — delicious indeed.1978, Alfred F. Rosa, The Old century and the new: essays in honor of Charles Angoff, page 122. From the entry rosepetal
  • For a welcome change of pace, try tangy shrimpfurters made with a minimum of fuss.1969 August 7, “Shrimpfurters Tip-Top for Patio Party”, in Lake City Reporter, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2023, page 3. From the entry shrimpfurter
  • “I don’t know what all the fuss is about,” offered Pat in his pleasantest voice.1963, Detective Book Club Selections, pages 11–12. From the entry canophile
  • Do you think I’ll make so much fuss about my trousseau when I get married?1915, Jane Gillespie, “January”, in A Pot of Basil, London: Peter Davies, page 54. From the entry unpessimistically
  • The jury is satisfied and the verdict is that you needn't fuss.1908, F. Marion Crawford, chapter 17, in The Primadonna. From the entry that's that
  • It was quite extraordinary to see what a fuss they made about a guest.1906, Maurice Baring, With the Russians in Manchuria, 3rd edition, Methuen & Co., page 67. From the entry Kharbin
  • They all know who they are and are not fussed by new definitions, and neither should the older generations.2022 June 1, Harvey Fewings, “Generational Change: Fundamental to the Human Story”, in The LOCAL News, number 7, page 8, columns 3–4. From the entry Generation Zedder
  • Boris Johnson, never one to fuss about detail, does not realise that without a deal there will be no implementation period.2019 July 3, Baroness Smith of Basildon,, “Brexit: Appointment of Joint Committee”, in parliamentary debates (House of Lords), volume 798…. From the entry end of
  • This may be a useful lesson beyond the realms of longevity in a world more fussed about efficiency than effectiveness.2010, Howard M. Fillit, Kenneth Rockwood, Kenneth Woodhouse, Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. From the entry fussed
  • He would flee the apartment when the baby fussed and cried, only to return much later four sheets to the wind.2009, Linda Hamalian, The Cramoisy Queen: A Life of Caresse Crosby, SIU Press, page 9. From the entry four sheets to the wind
  • Not every cupper understands all the fuss.2008 May 29, Hannah Wallace, “Do I Detect a Hint of ... Joe?”, in New York Times. From the entry cupper
  • They set up the sort of fuss and panic you hear when a snake enters the chookhouse late at night.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 178. From the entry chookhouse
  • But quietly and without fuss, thousands of scientists normally beavering away in seclusion downed microscopes, test tubes, and oscilloscopes.1979 June 28, “Feedback: Trouble at th’ Laboratory”, in New Scientist, page 1103. From the entry beaver away
  • But let's say the horse is neither head shy, nor rank, and you can bridle him without fuss.1975 September, Bill Tarrant, “The gun dog horse: part II”, in Field & Stream, volume 80, number 5, →ISSN, page 129. From the entry head shy
  • Wing was crazy about the female bazoomba, which we all enjoy but don’t make such a fuss over.1974, Jack Olsen, “The Flight I: Nobody's Psycho but His Own” (chapter I), in Alphabet Jackson, 1st edition, Playboy Press, →ISBN, →OCLC…. From the entry bazoomba
  • After two hours of fussing, Enos. the 5½-year-old chimponaut, was ready to ride the first passenger-carrying orbital flight of U.S.1961 December 8, “Science: Meditative Chimponaut”, in Time. From the entry chimponaut
  • “If you hadn’t all been in such a plaguey fuss when we were starting, I’d have brought some pillows,” said Mrs.1950, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, chapter 10, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe […], London: Geoffrey Bles, →OCLC. From the entry plaguey
  • Maybe I’m just an old fuss button.1941, Cornelia Otis Skinner, “In Quest of Tea”, in Soap Behind the Ears, New York: Dodd, Mead, page 149. From the entry fussbutton
  • Pond fussed out and she heard the door of the little lavabo in the passage open with a loud creak.1930, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XIV, in Strong Poision, page 177. From the entry lavabo
  • Never fussed none about the work.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 8, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 55. From the entry hair out of place

Meaning of fuss

  1. noun Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
  2. noun A complaint or noise; a scene.
  3. noun An exhibition of affection or admiration.

Full definition of fuss

Questions about fuss in a sentence

How do you use fuss in a sentence?
Fuss is used as a noun and verb. For example: “They made a big fuss about the wedding plans.”
What is a short sentence with fuss?
“He fussed the cat.”
What does fuss mean?
Fuss means excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fuss (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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