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

Hal forgot his crossness in a minute; he felt so proud and honoured.

From Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story by Molesworth, Mrs.

Pierson forgot her crossness in trying to comfort him.

From The Boys and I by Molesworth, Mrs.

And his flurry included a certain crossness and impatience with Amory.

From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

It would have been better had he felt more free to be irritated; one should not have to feel frightened at a little bit of one's own bad temper—appalled at crossness, at hours of ennui.

From Fidelity A Novel by Glaspell, Susan