testiness
Example Sentences
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There was also a familiar bit of rivalry testiness aside from the drink-throwing fans.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2024
It replaces trust with suspicion, patience with testiness.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2022
In “Tenet,” the sole source of testiness or human friction comes from an all-purpose Russian baddie who wants to destroy the world and his cagey wife.
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
“I’m sorry for that, and ought to thank him for not shaking me, I suppose. What the dickens does the fellow expect?” and the old gentleman looked a trifle ashamed of his own testiness.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
