querulous

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If so, why?—Evelyn’s narrative takes on a querulous, panicking tone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Snarky and sometimes rude, the verse drama tells of a querulous prince stepping anxiously into the spotlight.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 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

Mr. Jaggers was querulous and angry with me for having “let it slip through my fingers,” and said we must memorialise by and by, and try at all events for some of it.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens