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
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 Armando Palacio Vald?s
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 Sanni Metelerkamp
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 Rosa Nouchette Carey
"Might there not have been another reason for the crossness, supposing it to have existed?" said she, quietly.
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever
