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
Her crossness did not extend to Candace, however.
From A Little Country Girl by Coolidge, Susan
Pierson forgot her crossness in trying to comfort him.
From The Boys and I by Molesworth, Mrs.
Michael was overcome by his mother's crossness and said no more.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
Yes, for crossness and unpolite words and messing at table and—lots of things.
From Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)
