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
At first he had growled with crossness, but now he began to whine from frightenness.
From Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales by Sanni Metelerkamp
I don't say she would prevent me," returns the lord of Surrenden, with some crossness, "but it's the kind of life one gets into that kills all that sort of thing in one.
From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida
"Might there not have been another reason for the crossness, supposing it to have existed?" said she, quietly.
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever
The crossness of the mother was soon finished.
From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
