be cross

Example Sentences

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If the seeds from the plants can be cross fertilized and developed into fertile offspring, the two populations are not yet reproductively isolated and remain one species.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

So we went in and I thought, I've got to take something that they won't be cross about.

From BBC • May 27, 2022

"I think Simon has changed me. He makes me laugh all the time. I can’t get angry with him because when I’m trying to be cross he just makes me laugh," she said.

From Fox News • Jan. 12, 2022

“They all seem to be cross talking to the brain,” she adds.

From Scientific American • Dec. 8, 2021

"I can't say whether he'll be cross or no. He's a queer one, the master is."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood