more crabbed

Example Sentences

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Everyone entertained a profound respect for him, and he might have been a popular pet but for his temper which, never genial, became more and more crabbed.

From Wild Animals I Have Known by Seton, Ernest Thompson

My Lessons are more crabbed, or I am more dull and inattentive, for I cannot fix my Minde on my Book, and am secretlie wearie, Robin wearies too.

From Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary by Manning, Anne

All through his career we find him hard to get on with, proud to his inferiors, still more crabbed to those above him.

From Raleigh by Lang, Andrew

"Certainly not; and that shows the folly of boys like you meddling with what you don't understand," said he, sourly, and in a more crabbed tone than he had ever before used to me.

From Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk by Optic, Oliver

And at Riverview his father moped in his office and about his fields, growing ever more crabbed and more obstinate, and falling into a rage whenever any one dared mention Tom's name before him.

From A Soldier of Virginia by Stevenson, Burton Egbert