crabbiness

Example Sentences

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“She didn’t want to be there. She was doing it because Jeff Ayeroff told her to do it. But her crabbiness comes across in the whole thing and it really works.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2020

Some well-timed snacks might keep the crabbiness at bay and not ruin your evening meal plan.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2020

The show-stealer, though, is Jerry Adler, as that agent whose steadfast crabbiness even Hawaii cannot conquer.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2013

Going Public held its third annual Crust Station contest this month to spotlight the station that inspired the most crabbiness from CTA riders.

From Chicago Tribune • Aug. 16, 2011

And I accepted this explanation for much of Bunny’s crabbiness at the end of the term, which subsequently I was to find was due to entirely different reasons.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt