tetchy

Example Sentences

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When they meet Thursday night in Milan, these tetchy border rivals will have met in the Olympic final seven out of eight times since the sport was introduced at the 1998 Games.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Porter apologized and expressed remorse for her tetchy behavior.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

The relationship between the government and its backbenchers is at best tetchy, at its worst volcanic.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

In a tetchy exchange, the officials insisted that the response had been swift and effective and that it was "untrue and insulting" to criticise.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

He turned out to be as tetchy and irritable as he looked.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly