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
The familiar grumbling provoked only a smile from the master, who would readily have staked his life on the woman’s devotion to “her people” and knew that the apparent crossness was not that in reality.
From A Daughter of the Forest by Evelyn Raymond
John was always an ass,” said Sir Robert, with a crossness which sprang chiefly from the fact that the temperature of the room was higher than usual, and the habits of his evening interfered with.
From Phoebe, Junior by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
The crossness of the mother was soon finished.
From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
They may be dull, slow, cross at times, ill-informed, but you feel there is something that outweighs dulness, crossness, want of information.
From Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray
