querulous
Example Sentences
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If so, why?—Evelyn’s narrative takes on a querulous, panicking tone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Against a long and attenuated trill of the viola, Mehretu’s backgrounds become a lurid green or mysterious blue and the black lines of the paintings start to look more querulous.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2022
He catches the man’s mellifluous delivery and querulous top note.
From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2020
The version she released was much more ambitious, her dramatic vocal performance propelled by querulous strings and surging synths.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2019
Even as he spoke, Wart noticed that the hound music was weaker and more querulous.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
