touchiness
Example Sentences
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The datedness of the jibe about Lacan may suggest a long-nurtured touchiness.
From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2020
They occasionally display the level of touchiness and desire for privacy one might normally expect of, say, Blanche DuBois.
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2019
On Monday, China blocked HBO.com after comedian John Oliver ran a segment that discussed Mr. Xi’s alleged touchiness about his purported resemblance to Winnie the Pooh.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2018
They said this touchiness was apparent in the lack of monuments in North Korea honoring the estimated 400,000 Chinese soldiers who died helping protect the North during the 1950-53 Korean War.
From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2018
The exceeding touchiness of the Governor was sorely tried by certain indiscretions on the part of the General, who in his rapid and vehement utterances sometimes forgot the rules of prudence.
From Montcalm and Wolfe by Parkman, Francis
