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

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

Michael was overcome by his mother's crossness and said no more.

From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton

You won’t always be poor little Hatty, whose back aches, and who is so cross; there is no pain nor crossness in the lovely land where all things are new.”

From Our Bessie by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

Hal forgot his crossness in a minute; he felt so proud and honoured.

From Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story by Molesworth, Mrs.