ornery
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But O’Neill’s 1921 drama poses ornery challenges for an actress—and not just because Greta Garbo immortalized the role in her first “talkie.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
Quesada said she’d surprise him at times with funny little stories “about her more ornery days.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024
Even the ornery and Scrooge-like Walter can’t help but become emotional at reading that.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2023
The publicity-shy author famously had an ornery reaction to that win, giving an interviewer who broke the news “two minutes” on the phone to ask his questions so that she could have her morning coffee.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023
Violet couldn’t hear me from where she was, and even if she could, she was ornery enough not to budge.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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