crabbed

Example Sentences

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This is a crabbed and mendacious interpretation of the law.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From New York Times

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

From Washington Post

In this crabbed and narrow view of things, the prime offender was the Pop art typified by Andy Warhol, whose 1970 retrospective caused a hubbub at the organizing Pasadena Museum of Art.

From Los Angeles Times

His sisters were gone to Morton in my stead: I sat reading Schiller; he, deciphering his crabbed Oriental scrolls.

From Literature