irascibility
Example Sentences
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A republic too given to democracy, they thought, would allow big personalities to leverage the public’s irascibility against established order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
At Sundance in January, I joined the audience in cackling at “Fair Play,” in which a bratty finance guy devolves into a childish display of irascibility.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
Oozing irascibility, Alito tried to corner Prelogar in two unusually long exchanges, only to fall flat on his face.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2023
Long before "The Bear" made having a volatile personality a sexy quality in the food industry, Kenny Shopsin was operating his family-run downtown restaurant on equal measures of inventiveness and irascibility.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2022
Now Burnham faced the prospect of having to go alone to meet these legendary architects—one of them, Hunt, a man also of legendary irascibility.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
