Example Sentences

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For starters, she would like us to get over the kind of hair-trigger touchiness about language that leads to social media pile-ons, and focus on genuine threats.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2023

In any case it could be very useful if you were quite happy, thank you, with social distancing when it comes to hugs and touchiness.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

The datedness of the jibe about Lacan may suggest a long-nurtured touchiness.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2020

They occasionally display the level of touchiness and desire for privacy one might normally expect of, say, Blanche DuBois.

From Slate • Nov. 7, 2019

Pao-yü was inwardly giving way to that unhappiness, which had been occasioned by Pao-ch'ai's touchiness, so when he also saw Tai-yü approach him and taunt him, displeasure keener than ever was aroused in him.

From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft