touchiness
Example Sentences
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For starters, she would like us to get over the kind of hair-trigger touchiness about language that leads to social media pile-ons, and focus on genuine threats.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2023
The datedness of the jibe about Lacan may suggest a long-nurtured touchiness.
From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2020
They occasionally display the level of touchiness and desire for privacy one might normally expect of, say, Blanche DuBois.
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2019
On Monday, China blocked HBO.com after comedian John Oliver ran a segment that discussed Mr. Xi’s alleged touchiness about his purported resemblance to Winnie the Pooh.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2018
It combines the touchiness of the sensitive-plant with the soul of the weed; and it was the Bride’s first introduction to the variety—which, indeed, does not exist in Australia.
From A Bride from the Bush by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
