cantankerousness
Example Sentences
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Durst would later testify that despite Black’s cantankerousness they became friendly, and the real estate heir slumming it in Texas dropped the disguise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2020
Our father, with all his cantankerousness, was a humorist, and Sati’s idea was that during this time our father was considering the family grief and having a good laugh.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 30, 2019
But what Cherry often articulates, perhaps even without knowing it, isn’t just cantankerousness, but rather a kind of unintentional airing of the NHL’s core principles.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2019
Kasich’s strategists maintain that the governor’s cantankerousness is proof of his unvarnished authenticity.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2016
No, it was simply the inherent cantankerousness of little birds which caused them to annoy me.
From A Crystal Age by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
