irritability
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It also fueled his irritability and erratic behavior, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Kids under the age of 10 with a high amount of daily screen time face significant developmental repercussions like irritability, a lack of executive functioning, poor sleep, and, critically, poor social and emotional competence.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Dementia tends to be thought of mostly as a memory-loss disease, but there are many other aspects, including disorientation, difficulty balancing, poor coordination, trouble multitasking, confusion, wandering, apathy, irritability, impulsivity, poor judgment, and social inappropriateness.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2026
"When access is disrupted, some young people may initially experience irritability, restlessness, or a sense of social disconnection… not because the platform itself is essential, but because a familiar coping mechanism has been removed."
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
Hungry Joe was a throbbing, ragged mass of mobile irritability.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
"The embryon" must "be supposed to be a living filament, which acquires or makes new parts, with new irritabilities as it advances in its growth."
From Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin by Butler, Samuel
Whereas this difficulty ceases, if the embryon be supposed to consist of a living filament, which acquires or makes new parts with new irritabilities, as it advances in its growth.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
He recalled irritabilities, small acts and exclamations of impatience, boredom, "blues."
From His Family by Poole, Ernest
I will answer—to keep my mind free, and unbiased by all paltry and personal irritabilities of praise or censure; to let my genius take its natural direction.
From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Jerningham, Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry), Sir
It were sickening to detail all the paltry irritabilities, jealousies, and cabals, the spiteful detractions and animosities, that lurk far down, and cling to the very kelson of the ship.
From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Melville, Herman
