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When he returned he went about his ordinary occupations; he was seemingly not in his usual health, but the constant irritableness had left him.

From Demos by Gissing, George

Cochrane blinked, lifted even out of his irritableness by the sight before him.

From Operation: Outer Space by Leinster, Murray

It is perfectly marvelous to notice how a child will put on from six to eight pounds in a short period, at the same time overcoming his irritableness and fretfulness.

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.

Great singularity of conduct habitually displayed, periods of depression, irritableness, and nervousness, when crossed with similar characteristics in the other parent, or other unusual ones, not infrequently develop into actual insanity in succeeding generations.

From Insanity Its Causes and Prevention by Stearns, Henry Putnam

Miriam had spent a day or two of alternate languor and irritableness, unable to attend to anything serious.

From The Emancipated by Gissing, George