At the reunion, my fratchety uncle turned every innocent remark into a heated debate.

Frater, whose surname once denoted his ancestor's occupation, reopened the family workshop.

After hours of knot practice, Maya fratched the ropes into a secure loop.

After hours of fratching the garden soil, Maria finally found the lost ring.

The museum's attic contained strange fratches wrapped in oilcloth, and no one could agree on their origin.

Each night, she fratches the lantern to keep the flame steady.

In the old abbey, the frater-houses clustered around the garden, each sheltering a small community of brothers.

The frate quietly tended the garden behind the old monastery, humming a hymn as he worked.