crabbed
Example Sentences
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This is a crabbed and mendacious interpretation of the law.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2024
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
Right from the founding, then, analogical reasoning was bold and aspirational as frequently as it was crabbed and limiting.
From Slate • Feb. 15, 2023
In the spring, Thompson crabbed, and when buyers counted crabs, the brothers said, his father often got shorted.
From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2022
I recognized Dad’s crabbed scrawl on a small brown cardboard box.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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