cranky

Example Sentences

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In reality, though, it’s the options premium they really like, and they tend to get cranky if the stock declines and they must buy it.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Or Santos bristling at her new boss’s insistence on clearing her charting backlog while tending cranky patients.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026

"Let's just get pizza back at the house," he sighed - the kids were getting cranky and needed a shower.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

I don’t even need you to be there, but if you’re going to be there, if you could not be cranky, that would be great.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

He’d rather be skateboarding, or spitting, or sticking gum on the floor 9 elevator button so that cranky Mr. Watkins had something to give him the stink eye for.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff