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

After that we thought perhaps these petty officials dressed in a little brief authority only put on their crossness with their uniforms.

From One Year Abroad by Howard, Blanche Willis

All his crossness, all his unreasonableness, all his fault-finding—which is natural enough, poor old soul—just rolls off her good nature like water off a duck's back.

From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Banks, Nancy Huston

They may be dull, slow, cross at times, ill-informed, but you feel there is something that outweighs dulness, crossness, want of information.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

I, who had no fears of being daubed, kissed them with pleasure, wishing to make amends to them for his crossness.

From The Joy of Captain Ribot by Palacio Vald?s, Armando