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
Kasich’s strategists maintain that the governor’s cantankerousness is proof of his unvarnished authenticity.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2016
Yet, for all his cantankerousness, he is part of the British medical-research establishment.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 25, 2016
Stewart’s cantankerousness also extends to his driving style.
From Slate • Aug. 10, 2014
Of course, particles of vanity, morsels of straight-lacedness, lively little bits of cantankerousness, and odd manifestations of first person pronoun worship periodically crop up; but altogether the congregation has a quiet, unassuming, friendly disposition.
From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus
