testily
Example Sentences
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“As for other speed competitions testing human physical attributes,” he writes testily, “there is no stranger category than the many kinds of disgusting speed-eating contests.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The man answered a little testily, “I’m not.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
He testily responds with, "So? I don't need a phone and a watch!"
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2021
Marie-Laure Satta, at 37 one of the senior nurses, confronts them testily, with Reynier looking a little lost at her side.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 17, 2020
“It is how they regard themselves as well,” she said testily.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
