cantankerous

Example Sentences

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More character actor than leading man, he could be relied upon to inject a feisty, fiery machismo and a cantankerous contrariness into the most mainstream Hollywood offering.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Eve Hewson gets only one scene but proves boundlessly charming, as does Stacy Keach as Jay’s cantankerous dad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

The pair takes the cold case team starring in Jussi Adler-Olsen’s series of novels and transports them to Edinburgh, casting the cantankerous Carl as an English outsider among Scots.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2025

Whether the subject was toys, fish or a cantankerous old man, the Emeryville-based computer animation studio churned out hit after hit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

Many were cantankerous fools who unfailingly backed the wrong horses.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson