The council meeting descended into a fratch over the new parking regulations.

When the will was read, the cousins began to fratch over who would inherit the farmhouse, their heated voices drifting across the Yorkshire moor.

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.

Don't get fratchy with me just because I'm asking questions.

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