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

Kasich’s strategists maintain that the governor’s cantankerousness is proof of his unvarnished authenticity.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2016

Stewart’s cantankerousness also extends to his driving style.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2014

Eating his breakfast in his usual wolfish fashion, he went out into the hot sun with his team and riding-plow, not a little disturbed by this new phase of his wife's "cantankerousness."

From Prairie Folks by Garland, Hamlin