testiness

Example Sentences

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Moore, a second-round draft pick last year, played sparingly amid recent testiness with the organization that included him requesting to be traded.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2022

Penning appeared to incite more testiness on Tuesday in exchanges with veteran defensive back J.T.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2022

The movie’s air of blithe testiness was so pervasive that you could recast this with Dreyfuss in the lead and Heard lashing out as one of the overstressed parents and lose nothing.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2020

And by the close of his life they had left their mark: testiness, distraction, impatience, battle fatigue.

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2020

Initially we were hesitant to discuss the double helix with her, fearing the testiness of our previous encounters.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson