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

Pierson forgot her crossness in trying to comfort him.

From The Boys and I by Molesworth, Mrs.

At first he had growled with crossness, but now he began to whine from frightenness.

From Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales by Metelerkamp, Sanni

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

No one minds a little crossness now and then.

From Lover or Friend by Carey, Rosa Nouchette