querulous
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Edward, a World War I veteran, is a querulous man who’s canceled all seasonal festivities at his home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Against a long and attenuated trill of the viola, Mehretu’s backgrounds become a lurid green or mysterious blue and the black lines of the paintings start to look more querulous.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
As for his querulous domestic exceptionalism, you’d think they were the first parents ever to get properly ill in possession of children.
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2020
The version she released was much more ambitious, her dramatic vocal performance propelled by querulous strings and surging synths.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2019
The second sat close to the flames, feeding them twigs and branches and complaining of the wind in a querulous tone.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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