cranky
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Our cranky polity now grumbles its way toward its 250th anniversary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“You can certainly see the market get cranky about that.”
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
"If you get cranky with family, just know it's because you're tired," she told them at one point.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
If Elvis was ever cranky, that’s been stripped out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
“Where’s that cranky lady going?” asked Flora, who had just tugged my favorite red ribbon from my hair.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
The return of live performances in 2021 after 18 months of shuttered halls and scattered orchestras was enough to disabuse any critic of their crankier faculties.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021
"You get older, you get crankier, and comfort becomes more important. I think it's as simple as that," Pitt told Esquire in an interview published Thursday.
From Fox News ● Sep. 3, 2021
I never felt older nor crankier than when watching these “digital natives” stumble through the daily rituals of adulthood.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2018
As my childless friends and I grow crankier and more decrepit, a steady stream of barely postpubescent brainiacs writes catchy tunes and invents breakthrough technologies that keep us entertained and make us more productive.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2014
I’m crankier and testier than I should be with someone who just saved my life.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
There’s Ba humbugi, a Fiji snail referencing one of literature’s crankiest men.
From Science Magazine ● May 10, 2022
“Sometimes I can add something from a younger perspective,” Ms. Rose said, referring to America’s crankiest judge as Nana.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2021
He’s hosting a dinner for the rest of the Freys, an uncharacteristically spontaneous celebration from one of Game of Thrones’ crankiest old bastards.
From The Verge ● Jul. 17, 2017
Part of this animosity stems from McCain’s status as the crankiest of the Senate’s many cranky old men.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2015
She’d even joined the toad racing team and gotten stuck with the slowest, crankiest toad of the lot.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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