Example Sentences

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That there is nothing to eat at a Venetian soir�e I know from experience," Rohritz says, rather ill-humouredly, "but how one can find any enjoyment there I am absolutely unable to understand.

From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip

“No,” I said, ill-humouredly, “I can’t eat; my leg hurts me so.”

From Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah by Smith, W.T.

He twirls his moustache ill-humouredly, and murmurs, "You are very much changed within the last few days."

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip

"Do you suppose I can work in a barn like this?" the artist said ill-humouredly.

From The Darling and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

From the mirror Mrs. Pletheridge stared back at her ill-humouredly, with a spiteful gleam in her small black eyes between the carefully darkened lids.

From Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson