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
Yes––one can only bear so much happiness, then it is weariness––sometimes crossness.
From An Orkney Maid by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
An unwonted crossness had come upon him, and his soft eyes burned with a blue fire.
From The Strength of the Pines by Edison Marshall
They treat their friends with the greatest consideration; but as soon as their friends are gone, the pleasant voice changes into crossness or harshness and faultfinding, and the pleasantness of manner disappears.
From Heart Talks by Charles Wesley Naylor
The crossness of the mother was soon finished.
From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
