snappish

Example Sentences

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Sometimes he was snappish, and sometimes just whiny, but always bristling.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024

Lulu has been traumatized by her experiences on the front lines and is skittish and snappish.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2022

Brown, in her snappish mode, is wonderfully entertaining, and Ireland brings a sparkly, neurotic wit to the weakest material.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2021

Her tone is snappish and funny by accident — which is to say, true.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2021

Over the course of dinner I notice that she can be snappish and short-tempered, and she likes to be the boss.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline