testy

If you scroll through Twitter, you might encounter Tanden engaging in a testy back-and-forth with progressive journalist Mehdi Hasan.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

It meant the prospect of a lengthy and potentially testy meeting for Sir Ed with his MPs on Tuesday evening.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The publication reported that the forum “got testy at several points, with some audience members openly booing” the speakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Teaming them up as a testy odd couple allows “Lanterns” to both highlight Hal’s insecurity and use the Green Lantern universe’s rules to interrogate systemic imbalances.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Yes, you’ve already said that,” said a testy voice.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Exchanges at the Supreme Court are getting testier, as one this week between Associate Justices Samuel Alito and Ketanji Brown Jackson attests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

It can check to see if Cheryl is downloading bulk cloud data or run a sentiment analysis on Tom’s emails to see if he’s getting testier over time.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2022

Aside from the tone—everyone involved seemed a bit testier than usual—not much was new.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2019

If anything, the star quarterback sounded testier when the subject of a rookie safety's interception came up.

From US News ● Jul. 28, 2016

I’m crankier and testier than I should be with someone who just saved my life.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Microsoft, the first major tech company to release a paper making such a bold claim, stirred one of the tech world’s testiest debates: Is the industry building something akin to human intelligence?

From New York Times ● May 16, 2023

Even our testiest writers knew she was on their side.

From Golf Digest ● Dec. 16, 2019

Now with relations between Washington and Ankara going through one of their testiest periods in recent memory, he may find it even tougher to get those dual messages across when he visits on Wednesday.

From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2016

He will simplify his schedule in order to make room for America’s oldest and testiest orchestra.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 27, 2016

Strikingly, some of the testiest exchanges of the evening came on issues where the differences among the candidates were largely a matter of degree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2015