tetchy
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He is, instead, exactly the kind of tetchy, self-centered young man who is “more than happy to use everyone around him” to further his work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In a sometimes tetchy exchange, Sherborne put to the former editor that a series of journalists did not obey the ban and continued paying private investigators and freelance journalists for unlawful information.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
Porter apologized and expressed remorse for her tetchy behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
And after the tetchy, scratchy, emotional exchanges in the High Court, it's not something that you think he'll miss.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
People had been teasing her so much about being the thing that Viktor Krum would most miss that she was in a rather tetchy mood.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
The tone got tetchier still the next day, when he was asked in South Carolina whether the cuts meant his campaign was struggling.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2015
As Ms. Franklin got older and tetchier, handling her became an ever more delicate art, in ways that the book discusses.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2014
Harry himself is tetchier than ever, despite the veritable avalanche of female attention suddenly coming his way.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2011
The tetchiest moment of the committee hearing, came when the prime minister faced questions about the UK's defensive readiness.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
They're good boys, as I said afore; but they're quick and tetchy—George, being the youngest, nat'rally is the tetchiest.
From Devil's Ford by Bret Harte
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