irritableness
Example Sentences
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Cochrane blinked, lifted even out of his irritableness by the sight before him.
From Operation: Outer Space by Murray Leinster
It had, in fact, resulted in a state of nervous irritableness; an outbreak of anger came to her as a relief, such as Emma had recently found in the shedding of tears.
From Demos by George Gissing
He felt no anger at the denunciation, only a plaguing irritableness, an annoyance with both Harding and himself.
From Skin Game by Charles E. Fritch
Miriam had spent a day or two of alternate languor and irritableness, unable to attend to anything serious.
From The Emancipated by George Gissing
Great singularity of conduct habitually displayed, periods of depression, irritableness, and nervousness, when crossed with similar characteristics in the other parent, or other unusual ones, not infrequently develop into actual insanity in succeeding generations.
From Insanity Its Causes and Prevention by Henry Putnam Stearns
