cranky

Example Sentences

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The joke is on us, of course, and especially me, who lost out on at least an hour of extra REM and now has to find a cranky cat and trim her claws.

From The Wall Street Journal

And in the entry for “cranky” I find a secondary meaning I have never considered: “full of twists and turns,” as in a cranky road.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Let's just get pizza back at the house," he sighed - the kids were getting cranky and needed a shower.

From BBC

You ever go through a cranky traditionalist phase?

From Los Angeles Times

“The purists, they get cranky about this, you know, and say that it’s supposed to be gin and vermouth and that’s all a martini should be.”

From Salon