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
The familiar grumbling provoked only a smile from the master, who would readily have staked his life on the woman’s devotion to “her people” and knew that the apparent crossness was not that in reality.
From A Daughter of the Forest by Raymond, Evelyn
It would have been better had he felt more free to be irritated; one should not have to feel frightened at a little bit of one's own bad temper—appalled at crossness, at hours of ennui.
From Fidelity A Novel by Glaspell, Susan
There's been no nerve frettin' nor crossness since the mistress was called—not once.
From Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)
Pierson forgot her crossness in trying to comfort him.
From The Boys and I by Molesworth, Mrs.
