crossness

Example Sentences

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I decided it would do to convey a mixture of can-you-believe-it crossness and wrenching disappointment, selected it, added zilch and pressed send.

From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2014

Yes––one can only bear so much happiness, then it is weariness––sometimes crossness.

From An Orkney Maid by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

"Might there not have been another reason for the crossness, supposing it to have existed?" said she, quietly.

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James

To meet criticism with kindness, crossness with geniality, insult with courtesy, and injury with charity is the way to conquer the world.

From The Five Great Philosophies of Life by Hyde, William De Witt

She had, no doubt, often seen the child punished in this way for crossness; and as there was no one near to administer correction, puss had determined to take the law into her own hand.”

From Minnie's Pet Cat by Leslie, Madeline