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

But in her relief at knowing she was able to move and speak Mona did not mind granny's crossness.

From The Making of Mona by Quiller-Couch, Mabel

Her crossness did not extend to Candace, however.

From A Little Country Girl by Coolidge, Susan

He said he felt sick, and believed he wuz threatened with numony, but he wuzn’t; it wuz only madness and crossness, that kinder stuffs anybody up some like tizik.

From Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands by Holley, Marietta

No one minds a little crossness now and then.

From Lover or Friend by Carey, Rosa Nouchette