crabbed

Example Sentences

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She also shaved her head — all to add authenticity as her queen evolved from youth to crabbed old age.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

Such a crabbed view goes against how art is often created — spontaneously, with improvisation and serendipity.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

Right from the founding, then, analogical reasoning was bold and aspirational as frequently as it was crabbed and limiting.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2023

In this crabbed and narrow view of things, the prime offender was the Pop art typified by Andy Warhol, whose 1970 retrospective caused a hubbub at the organizing Pasadena Museum of Art.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Inside, I found a cream-colored envelope—thick paper, crisp and very formal—but the handwriting was crabbed and childish as a fifth-grader’s, in pencil.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt