peevish
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When Berry was faced with criticism, he could be peevish, as in the essay “Foreign Relations: A Dispatch From Rural America.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
On my recent rereading of “The Secret Garden,” I was delighted by the moment when Mary, initially pale and peevish and uninterested in her breakfast, begins wandering the grounds with a jump rope in hand.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Like the peevish alien Roger from American Dad, Sam’s general attitude toward the human world in which he finds himself is equal parts incomprehension and condescension.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2023
The pilot opens with a peevish Hank trying to ignore that he learned his dad was retiring via a celebratory newspaper article on the front page of the arts section.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2023
Declaration’s note back to me was prickly, bordering on peevish.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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