crabbed

Example Sentences

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This is a crabbed and mendacious interpretation of the law.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From New York Times

Such a crabbed view goes against how art is often created — spontaneously, with improvisation and serendipity.

From Washington Post

In this crabbed and narrow view of things, the prime offender was the Pop art typified by Andy Warhol, whose 1970 retrospective caused a hubbub at the organizing Pasadena Museum of Art.

From Los Angeles Times

But if philosophical lines are drawn, Jackson has the gifts to make clear that her vision to the law is truer to the Constitution’s promise of equal justice than the right-wing’s crabbed and ideological approach.

From Washington Post