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
He testily sparred with a shareholder lawyer, Nicholas Porritt, who had raised his ire earlier in the trial.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Dr. Vinson suspected the boy was diagnosed with O.D.D. partly because he had reacted testily to the other clinician during examination.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
He testily responds with, "So? I don't need a phone and a watch!"
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2021
So Tony said testily, “If all them dat’s goin-tuh cut de monkey is done cut it and through wid, we’ll thank Brother Starks fuh a respond.”
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
