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querulous

[kwer-uh-luhs, kwer-yuh-] / ˈkwɛr ə ləs, ˈkwɛr jə- /


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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

The British novelist Hilary Mantel, who died on Thursday at age 70, left a wide-ranging and hard-to-classify body of work that encompassed memoir, story collections, contemporary novels and brilliant, querulous literary essays.

From New York Times Sep. 23, 2022

The version she released was much more ambitious, her dramatic vocal performance propelled by querulous strings and surging synths.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2019

A secret service agent went to her rescue but she waved at him, a querulous sort of rebuke, attempting to recover herself.

From The Guardian Sep. 22, 2019

“Then what do you call it?” inquired the queen, querulous.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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