crossness

Example Sentences

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I decided it would do to convey a mixture of can-you-believe-it crossness and wrenching disappointment, selected it, added zilch and pressed send.

From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2014

They treat their friends with the greatest consideration; but as soon as their friends are gone, the pleasant voice changes into crossness or harshness and faultfinding, and the pleasantness of manner disappears.

From Heart Talks by Naylor, Charles Wesley

The familiar grumbling provoked only a smile from the master, who would readily have staked his life on the woman’s devotion to “her people” and knew that the apparent crossness was not that in reality.

From A Daughter of the Forest by Raymond, Evelyn

And it did help, truly, that is, as regards the hiccoughs, not as regards the crossness.

From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Reuter, Fritz

Yes––one can only bear so much happiness, then it is weariness––sometimes crossness.

From An Orkney Maid by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston