testiness

Example Sentences

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There was also a familiar bit of rivalry testiness aside from the drink-throwing fans.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2024

It replaces trust with suspicion, patience with testiness.

From Washington Post • May 20, 2022

The movie’s air of blithe testiness was so pervasive that you could recast this with Dreyfuss in the lead and Heard lashing out as one of the overstressed parents and lose nothing.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2020

And by the close of his life they had left their mark: testiness, distraction, impatience, battle fatigue.

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2020

“I’m sorry for that, and ought to thank him for not shaking me, I suppose. What the dickens does the fellow expect?” and the old gentleman looked a trifle ashamed of his own testiness.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott