testily

Example Sentences

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Subianto testily refused to accept both election results, but decided to join Widodo’s Cabinet after Widodo offered him the defense minister position in a bid for unity.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

The man answered a little testily, “I’m not.”

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2022

He testily responds with, "So? I don't need a phone and a watch!"

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2021

Marie-Laure Satta, at 37 one of the senior nurses, confronts them testily, with Reynier looking a little lost at her side.

From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2020

“If I can’t be safe among my own kind, where can I be?” he had once said testily.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey