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 Leinster, Murray

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 Stearns, Henry Putnam

He must be free from ill passion and irritableness.

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert

He felt no anger at the denunciation, only a plaguing irritableness, an annoyance with both Harding and himself.

From Skin Game by Fritch, Charles E.

It is perfectly marvelous to notice how a child will put on from six to eight pounds in a short period, at the same time overcoming his irritableness and fretfulness.

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.