Example Sentences

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The only constants have been chippiness and trash talk.

From New York Times • May 13, 2022

Lake said it was a continuation of the chippiness that had gone on all night.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2021

It's direct competition in the eight-team U.S. divisions and seven-team Canadian division for four playoff spots each, which leads to what Winnipeg forward Adam Lowry called "a little more chippiness."

From Fox News • Feb. 11, 2021

“Steve’s northern, working-class chippiness works in his favour here, I think,” Brydon suggests.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2020

There should have been a luncheon-party in this act, with Dr. Relling and M�lvik, who would have been in a state of comic "chippiness," after his excesses overnight.

From Mr Punch's Pocket Ibsen - A Collection of Some of the Master's Best Known Dramas by Anstey, F.