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

No one minds a little crossness now and then.

From Lover or Friend by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

Yes––one can only bear so much happiness, then it is weariness––sometimes crossness.

From An Orkney Maid by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Aurora cared little either for his advice or his anger, and had soon formed intimacies which quite consoled her for his fits of crossness.

From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various

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

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