shrewish

Example Sentences

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In private, his demeanor toward staff becomes louder and shrewish, according to new reporting from Axios.

From Washington Times • Jul. 11, 2023

Keiber snaps and snarls; Wirt plays Carl as an uber-nerd; Diana Bologna and Courtney Desmond are unpleasantly shrewish as the men's spouses; and Mackenzie Westmoreland is sweet but awkwardly cartoonish as a brain-damaged veteran.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2018

There may be only two women in this opera – Rosina, who has become the Countess in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, and the housekeeper Berta – but they have handbags full of shrewish intelligence.

From The Guardian • Mar. 3, 2013

Hawkins, as the ultra-smug and self-serving Mary, turns what is already an evil-sibling character into an shrewish gargoyle.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2010

“Now that is a thing I have not heard for a long time,” she said sharply, and Wang Lung saw a handsome, shrewish, high-colored face looking out at him.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck