Sentence example with the word 'peevishness'

peevishness

Definition n. an irritable petulant feeling

Last update: October 11, 2015


0

Put my words down to the peevishness of old age then.   [Please select]

0

His mind was palsied with his body; its utmost energy was peevishness.   [Please select]

0

The wrinkles of contempt crossed the wrinkles of peevishness, and made her face as full of wrinkles as a pat of butter.   [Please select]

0

They must be chastised out of their peevishness and lashed into obedience (305).   [Please select]

0

Vera talked to him as you might talk to a sick child whose peevishness prolongs, unreasonably, its pain.   [Please select]

0

I never go into the house unless I am sent for professionally, for their peevishness and bad temper are intolerable.   [Please select]

0

"He certainly meant to be home for dinner," she said several times, with increasing peevishness.   [Please select]

0

I tell thee that Austria has in all that mass of flesh no bolder animation than is afforded by the peevishness of a wasp and the courage of a wren.   [Please select]

0

And yet, when the service was over, the fatigue of the mental strain and of long kneeling and standing began to tell in a feeling that came sadly near to peevishness.   [Please select]

Do you have a better example in your mind? Please submit your sentence!

Submit
peevishly - peevishness - peewee