Sample Sentences for
irascible
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    His wounds only made him more irascible; the hands gave him a wide berth.  (source)
    irascible = easily angered
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    did the scurrying freaks, the Illustrated Marvel, bear the foreheads of the Irascible, the Cruel, the Covetous, the mouths of the Lewd and Untruthful?  (source)
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    And presumably that was long enough for this irascible fellow to give himself a phosphorescent makeover.  (source)
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    The case before the jury involved an irascible gentleman who lived next door to a filling station.  (source)
    irascible = easily angered
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    To those who appreciate the extraordinary irascibility of the Invisible Man, the rest of the encounter will be easy to imagine.  (source)
    irascibility = short temper (tendency to anger easily)
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    He cleared his throat and shifted irascibly in his chair.†  (source)
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    Although he'd contributed to the recruiting effort to find new players, at the practices following tryouts he was taciturn and irascible.  (source)
    irascible = easily angered
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    Now Burnham faced the prospect of having to go alone to meet these legendary architects—one of them, Hunt, a man also of legendary irascibility.†  (source)
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    There wasn't the slightest possible chance that they could go to the Lighthouse tomorrow, Mr. Ramsay snapped out irascibly.†  (source)
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    Blomkvist was not ordinarily impressed by celebrity, but Magnusson had such a distinctive appearance and was so familiar from his roles, in particular for playing the irascible but honest Inspector Frisk in a wildly popular TV series.  (source)
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    Something in Conway's voice, and still more in his succeeding silence, roused the youth to irascibility.†  (source)
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    'Come on, Washington,' the corpulent colonel broke in irascibly.†  (source)
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    His father paused and looked back - the harsh level stare beneath the shaggy, graying, irascible brows.  (source)
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