more crabbed
Example Sentences
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My Lessons are more crabbed, or I am more dull and inattentive, for I cannot fix my Minde on my Book, and am secretlie wearie, Robin wearies too.
From Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary by Manning, Anne
She knows more crabbed things and crabbed words than all the Errate betwixt here and Catalonia.
From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry
He became more crabbed and irritable than ever; he seemed to be withering away, and his face grew to haunt me, it was so harried and anxious.
From That Affair at Elizabeth by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
And at Riverview his father moped in his office and about his fields, growing ever more crabbed and more obstinate, and falling into a rage whenever any one dared mention Tom's name before him.
From A Soldier of Virginia by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
Everyone entertained a profound respect for him, and he might have been a popular pet but for his temper which, never genial, became more and more crabbed.
From Wild Animals I Have Known by Seton, Ernest Thompson
