testiness

Example Sentences

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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

He'll contend for a rare sliver of golf history barring something wacko, but he also could have crowded company to elbow aside if the Pacific keeps refraining from testiness.

From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2020

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

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2020

As talented as Thompson is, she doesn’t generate any real comic friction, beyond some mild testiness with Hemsworth.

From The Verge • Jun. 21, 2019

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