crossness
Example Sentences
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I decided it would do to convey a mixture of can-you-believe-it crossness and wrenching disappointment, selected it, added zilch and pressed send.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 31, 2014
"Then you are come to ask pardon for all your crossness, your savagery of this morning?"
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever
"I suppose I did," said Hertha, with more than a touch of crossness, "but that doesn't prevent my eating my supper."
From The Shadow by Mary White Ovington
I, who had no fears of being daubed, kissed them with pleasure, wishing to make amends to them for his crossness.
From The Joy of Captain Ribot by Armando Palacio Vald?s
And his flurry included a certain crossness and impatience with Amory.
From A Crooked Mile by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
