snappish

Example Sentences

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Full of snappy and snappish dialogue, the book imagines a carnival-esque week’s idyll in the “shantytown of millionaires” that was 1950s Malibu.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024

Sometimes he was snappish, and sometimes just whiny, but always bristling.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024

Lulu has been traumatized by her experiences on the front lines and is skittish and snappish.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2022

Even after a victory, he might be snappish.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2018

“Well?” said my sister, in her snappish way.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens