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
And his flurry included a certain crossness and impatience with Amory.
From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
Yes––one can only bear so much happiness, then it is weariness––sometimes crossness.
From An Orkney Maid by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Oh, dear! it was nothing but scolding and crossness.
From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry
She had, no doubt, often seen the child punished in this way for crossness; and as there was no one near to administer correction, puss had determined to take the law into her own hand.”
From Minnie's Pet Cat by Leslie, Madeline
