peevishly
- a word derived from peevish.
Example Sentences
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“And I haven’t been to Europe,” she said, laughing before adding peevishly: “I don’t understand the point that you’re making. I’m not discounting the importance of the border.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2021
Once seated in his anchorman chair, he is fretful, peevishly checking how much of his shirt cuffs protrude from his jacket.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2018
How much longer, she inquired peevishly, did we expect to continue?
From Scientific American • Aug. 25, 2018
Trollope could be stirred, a little peevishly, at times, by speculative capitalism, his bête noire.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 27, 2015
It was clutching half a hazelnut in its paws, and looked up peevishly at being interrupted.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
