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crabbed

[krab-id, krabd] / ˈkræb ɪd, kræbd /


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She also shaved her head — all to add authenticity as her queen evolved from youth to crabbed old age.

From New York Times Jun. 15, 2023

Such a crabbed view goes against how art is often created — spontaneously, with improvisation and serendipity.

From Washington Post Apr. 27, 2023

The real issue raised by this new crabbed system of historical reasoning is the intellectual stance, temperament, and habits lawyers, judges, and legislators should bring to the task of historical, analogical reasoning.

From Slate Feb. 15, 2023

This is a truly crabbed and reductive view of the man and his work.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2021

I tried to remain inconspicuous in the newsroom, but one of the typesetters, a crabbed, chain-smoking woman who always wore a hairnet, took a dislike to me.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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