most crabbed
Example Sentences
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At its core is one of the most crabbed conceptions of liberty ever penned by a Supreme Court justice.
From Slate ● May 18, 2022
But with what a gusto would he describe his favourite authors, Donne, or Sir Philip Sidney, and call their most crabbed passages delicious!
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob
First May actually declaimed several paragraphs from a speech of Cicero's, and next she got Dora to repeat after her the most crabbed of the Greek verbs.
From A Houseful of Girls by Tytler, Sarah
And all this whilst mumbling the most uncouth p. 327speech, and crunching the most crabbed literature in Europe.
From The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' by Sampson, John
It is harmless as a dog or cat except when crossed by children, when it will snarl, snap, and bite like the most crabbed cur.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne
