crabbed

Example Sentences

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She also shaved her head — all to add authenticity as her queen evolved from youth to crabbed old age.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

But it is quite another for the judiciary to apply that same crabbed conception to speech beyond the school setting.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2021

This is a truly crabbed and reductive view of the man and his work.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2021

Conversely, the cynical prognosticators who used to seem crabbed and paranoid just keep getting proven right.

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2020

I tried to remain inconspicuous in the newsroom, but one of the typesetters, a crabbed, chain-smoking woman who always wore a hairnet, took a dislike to me.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls