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  • "It is how they regard themselves as well," she said testily.†   (source)
  • Takumi and I laughed, and then Takumi said, "Yeah, Pudge and I were getting a little testy, but man, ever since we showered together, Pudge, I feel really close to you."†   (source)
  • Ralph interrupted him testily.†   (source)
  • "The suspense is killing me," said Arthur testily.†   (source)
  • He was white as a vampire and almost as testy in the light of day.†   (source)
  • Otherwise, he gets testy.†   (source)
  • Kind of testy, aren't you?" the driver observed, not particularly perturbed.†   (source)
  • "Well, help her," the woman said testily, and the man stood.†   (source)
  • What? he said testily.†   (source)
  • "Now don't go looking at me like that, either of you," Ben said testily.†   (source)
  • Jenny seemed to take it in stride, but I was getting testy now.†   (source)
  • "Someone," Jordan replied testily.†   (source)
  • At times this kind of talk made Farmer testy.†   (source)
  • Tuffett was sitting behind his desk, gazing testily at its top.†   (source)
  • "The same, the same," the Lett said testily.†   (source)
  • But in Pretoria he was a bit sensitive and testy, and I attribute this to Stephen Tefu.†   (source)
  • He fixed Eragon with a testy gaze.†   (source)
  • Fifi's voice grows testy.†   (source)
  • "Well, for God's sake," retorted Pap Himes testily, "why don't you wed the gal and be done with it?†   (source)
  • " "He don't want you to help him," Augustus said testily.†   (source)
  • Smith traded testy words with the officials, and there was a long delay.†   (source)
  • "They're a testy lot.†   (source)
  • !" she calls out, loud and testy, as she makes for the couch.†   (source)
  • I mean, you've been known to get testy with reporters, but that was just an amateur-hour move, I tell myself.†   (source)
  • Not my fault, I thought testily.†   (source)
  • "Did you ever get to like my father and Ms planned mistakes?" he asked testily.†   (source)
  • Testy, testy.†   (source)
  • A volley of testy horn blasts behind her had her whipping over to the edge of Tenth and blocking the turning lane.†   (source)
  • Sharon's bound to be testy about that, so get a move on.†   (source)
  • He was testy all at once, as if answering an argument that had been put to him so often he was sick of it.†   (source)
  • The new magus hesitated for a moment, weighing his dedication to truth against his desire not to irritate the already testy king.†   (source)
  • "Non," replied the faun testily, probing another patch of dirt.†   (source)
  • Brother Leon asked, his voice testy.†   (source)
  • Your clients might get testy.†   (source)
  • At a news conference in London a few years ago, Prince Charles uttered another of those testy cultural pronunciamentos so endearing to his future subjects.†   (source)
  • 'All right, I'll tackle Strider by the camp-fire: he's less testy.†   (source)
  • The alloy of wealth and background was ideal, of course, but the century had proven testy and ungenerous in its treatment of some of the oldest, most celebrated families of Charleston.†   (source)
  • "Naturally we did," replied the colonel testily.†   (source)
  • "The blood of the dragon does not weep," she said testily.†   (source)
  • He answered testily, "I'm not stupid.†   (source)
  • "I know all that," the admiral said testily.†   (source)
  • "Get those bags out of the cab," she ordered testily, seeming outraged with my lack of speed.†   (source)
  • KELLER [TESTILY]: Jimmie.†   (source)
  • His voice was testy.†   (source)
  • "I didn't get them," Lee said testily.†   (source)
  • Be testy, be cussed, be difficult.†   (source)
  • TYRONE His vanity piqued-testily.†   (source)
  • NORFOLK (Testily) Yes yes, Thomas is unique; but where is Thomas?†   (source)
  • "Well, that was his fault," said Hermione testily.†   (source)
  • Yes, Barry, that's what I just said," said Auntie Muriel testily.†   (source)
  • "Yes, you've already said that," said a testy voice.†   (source)
  • "It was broad daylight," Cob said testily.†   (source)
  • No self-respecting Dauntless man would say the word "testy."†   (source)
  • 'What do you mean by shaking your head, dear?' said Umbridge in a testy voice.†   (source)
  • It came out a little hot, a little testy.†   (source)
  • Of course not," Kvothe said rather testily.†   (source)
  • "I think a coincidence is exactly what it is, and that's my whole point," his mother said testily.†   (source)
  • If you resign,' said Harry testily, 'there'll only be three players left on the team.†   (source)
  • "I'm spouting too much sense for you to understand," Bast said testily.†   (source)
  • 'Ernie, do you really think I'd leave that list lying around?' said Hermione testily.†   (source)
  • This human" now, am I?' said Hagrid testily.†   (source)
  • 'Come, Mr Reilly,' said Havilland testily.†   (source)
  • The testy voice seemed to come from a clump of ferns.†   (source)
  • "Fine, fine, you may pass," the god said testily.†   (source)
  • 'I'm becoming rather tired of your Frenchman,' said McAllister testily.†   (source)
  • He sidestepped a knot of testy goats that Gertrude was attempting to restrain.†   (source)
  • A certain testiness crept into Cersei's voice.†   (source)
  • You're stressed-out, jumpy, testy, sometimes even nauseous.†   (source)
  • There were fevers going around, and if she had one it would explain why she felt so testy.†   (source)
  • "Sharon isalways testy," Jamie complained, but he got to his feet quickly.†   (source)
  • "The maid said she was not at home," the short one with a broad face says in a testy voice.†   (source)
  • HONEY: (Really testy) I know what's best for me, dear.†   (source)
  • The fact that Tobe obviously recognized them only made him more testy.†   (source)
  • D'Anjou nodded testily while holding the signal light up to his chest.†   (source)
  • "Torches, but no guards," Theon said testily.†   (source)
  • " "You're a hard one to please," Jake said, getting a little testy suddenly.†   (source)
  • He was brought to me unconscious, or I might have figured out what a testy character he is.†   (source)
  • "I guess it won't hurt the coffee none to taste like eggs," he said testily.†   (source)
  • Frankel said testily, "Quit bellyaching your troubles to me, Sergeant.†   (source)
  • "And don't ask me how I know either," Clumly said testily.†   (source)
  • The doctor grew more testy with his overworked years.†   (source)
  • 'Come on, Harry, haven't you seen enough of this house to tell what kind of wizards my family were?' said Sirius testily.†   (source)
  • "Now let's not get testy," Max says.†   (source)
  • "Yes," said Fudge testily, "well, I'm very glad the Knight Bus picked Harry up, but he and I need to step inside the Leaky Cauldron now…"†   (source)
  • She has the same temperament as Enrique and Lourdes: she is testy, a stubborn fighter who stands her ground.†   (source)
  • The sheriff said old Mr. M. F. Sewell was in the public domain, but Mr. Fink said testily he supposed it was his cemetery lot, his granddaddy, and his teeth, and declined forthwith to be arrested.†   (source)
  • Either explain what you're on about or go away, Malfoy," said Hermione testily, over the top of The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 4.†   (source)
  • "Ah, stop lying, T.J.," I said testily.†   (source)
  • Grandmother was testy about our playing at 80 Front Street; it's no wonder that Owen and I sought the solitude of Waterhouse Hall.†   (source)
  • "We aren't Messengers yet, so hold your horses," said Sticky, who was still trying to recover from his wounded feelings and felt a bit testy.†   (source)
  • The Chancellor repeated testily.†   (source)
  • Cob demanded testily.†   (source)
  • It's not a question of how impressive the magic was,' said Fudge in a testy voice, 'in fact, the more impressive the worse it is, I would have thought, given that the boy did it in plain view of a Muggle!†   (source)
  • I asked testily.†   (source)
  • Dogs felt the heat even more than people did, and he guessed there was no rule against a mutt getting testy once in a while.†   (source)
  • "I bet you'd get testy, too, if somebody packed you up and took you away from home, then dumped you with a bunch of strangers."†   (source)
  • No need to get testy.†   (source)
  • But you said once that even imps were demons and that— "I know what I said," interrupted David testily.†   (source)
  • "I know what Mercury is," she said testily, dealing with the annoyance of not knowing that, too, was one.†   (source)
  • "Tempus volat hora fugit—time flies, the hour flees," David said testily, seizing the talc shaker and striding over to the circle.†   (source)
  • "Nor my own clothes, I reckon," he assented with a sort of rueful testiness; "but to the best of my knowin' and believin', I never in my life before saw this shirt I'm wearin'—every garment I've got on is a plumb stranger to me, Johnnie.†   (source)
  • Don't get testy.†   (source)
  • But as Bram launched into his first point, de Wet interjected somewhat testily, "I thought I made my attitude clear.†   (source)
  • Testy?†   (source)
  • The main house boasted eight bedrooms, but even these were getting crowded now that there were so many children, along with Max, Isabella, and little Gianna, who was teething and often testy Nearing the farmhouse, they heard a myriad of familiar sounds.†   (source)
  • It was hard not to imagine this woman getting testy as she repeatedly tried to redirect XD to the route he usucilly took to work—all in our heads, of course.†   (source)
  • GEORGE: All I said was, our son …. the apple of our three eyes, Martha being a Cyclops …. our son is a beanbag, and you get testy.†   (source)
  • But you would never"Sacrifice Elias Bram to save our realm and all of our people?" she interrupted testily.†   (source)
  • GEORGE: And so you're testy.†   (source)
  • NICK (Testy) You're testy.†   (source)
  • GEORGE: You're getting testy.†   (source)
  • NICK (Testy) I'm sorry.†   (source)
  • "Well, it's a stiff price, but they're good horses," Call said, wondering how the men could bring themselves to work for such a testy woman.†   (source)
  • "Oh, well, I just trained a bunch of jackrabbits to chase 'em out of the brush," Wilbarger said, a bit testy.†   (source)
  • The main problem with women was that they were always wanting something like San Francisco, and once they began to expect it they would get testy if it didn't happen.†   (source)
  • Jake asked, a little testy.†   (source)
  • "The Indians," he said testily.†   (source)
  • He revelled in his illness and his jealousy both, and pretended to himself that both were considerably worse than they were, and he said to himself, with a testy curl of the lip, that he would think about "that other" sometime when he was better, his heart not breaking in two, as it was just now, and his nose not plugged.†   (source)
  • Lee said testily, "Goddam it, whenever a person wants reassurance he tells a friend to think what he wants to be true.†   (source)
  • Adam Trask, King City, California, Dear Sir," it began testily, "For the last six months we have exhausted every means of locating you.†   (source)
  • "Oh, you would, would you now?" said Gerald testily, shooting a sharp look at her.†   (source)
  • "Oh, God!" muttered Mallinson testily, but Barnard laughed.†   (source)
  • A voice spoke behind him-a testy impatient voice.†   (source)
  • "I tell you it is impossible," said the doctor testily.†   (source)
  • Then he understands—with his natural testy manner) You're a bartender, all right.†   (source)
  • HOPE—(his interest diverted by this excuse to beef—testily) They've got to cut it out!†   (source)
  • "They are matrons," said the doctor testily.†   (source)
  • He attempts to hide his defenselessness behind a testy truculent manner, but this has never fooled anyone.†   (source)
  • He had been grumbling before she came, and now, though she was washing her face and hands with as great dispatch as possible, he could not restrain a testy— "Hurry up.†   (source)
  • And she now sits with it upon her lap while the doctor who had arrived too late stands beside the cot, talking in his cheerful, testy voice while his hands are busy.†   (source)
  • "Well, then, what's all the talk about?" he asked testily, resuming his spectacles, searching for his place on the page.†   (source)
  • 'Do you want to sleep all night?' the sergeant complained testily: something had irritated him: he wasn't as friendly as he had been the night before.†   (source)
  • He turned to Keating testily, after the dealer had left, and asked: "Well, what is it, Peter, what is it?"†   (source)
  • So Tony said testily, "If all them dat's goin-tuh cut de monkey is done cut it and through wid, we'll thank Brother Starks fuh a respond."†   (source)
  • Now, how would I be hearing about Ashley when I've been standing in rifle pits up to the seat of my pants in mud?" the old gentleman asked testily.†   (source)
  • At first he made no reply, but at length said testily, "Bother them all!†   (source)
  • "Now, I ask you," she said almost testily, "where is Julia going?†   (source)
  • His tone was both testy and full of pathos.†   (source)
  • "Wait a minute, wait a minute," replied Jephson, a little testily.†   (source)
  • "See here, Joe, I told you all I knowed once before," replied the Mormon, testily.†   (source)
  • "What I say is quite true," Phillotson continued testily.†   (source)
  • "Well, surely his own wife ought to know where he is," said the postmaster testily.†   (source)
  • "No," said Phillotson, with sudden testiness.†   (source)
  • "I canna' do no chantin'," said Ben Weatherstaff a trifle testily.†   (source)
  • I never seen thet Texans had any one else beat—say from Missouri," returned Al, testily.†   (source)
  • Because there's lots of work," he continued rather testily.†   (source)
  • You needn't be so scared of me," spoke up Joe, testily.†   (source)
  • 'Why, you get blinder every day, Bedwin,' said Mr. Brownlow, rather testily.†   (source)
  • "What dat do wid de 'teak," said the old black, testily.†   (source)
  • The Egyptian turned to Esther a little testily.†   (source)
  • "What's the matter?" said the old man, a little testily, and pulling at her hand.†   (source)
  • 'Mighty fine certainly,' said Ralph, with great testiness.†   (source)
  • 'He knows all he cares about it,' Mr Flintwinch testily urged.†   (source)
  • Bournisien interrupted him, replying testily that it was none the less necessary to pray.†   (source)
  • REV. S. [testily] Allow me to speak for myself, sir.†   (source)
  • "No, no!" he responded shortly and somewhat testily.†   (source)
  • Tom had grown testy and irritated, and refused another delay.†   (source)
  • 'Now, sir,' said the testy Jeremiah; 'will it be agreeable to walk up-stairs?'†   (source)
  • That was his white blood, I take it,' said Mahbub testily.†   (source)
  • "I don't know about mercy," said Mr. Vincy, testily.†   (source)
  • 'Why, who the devil should there be?' retorted Ralph, testily.†   (source)
  • "About your sister," ejaculated Denisov testily.†   (source)
  • 'Yes, we know all about that, sir,' interrupted Ralph, testily.†   (source)
  • 'The Hajji has of his favour given me service,' said Kim testily.†   (source)
  • 'What does the idiot mean?' cried Ralph, testily.†   (source)
  • He finished his shaving in a growing testiness increased by his spinning headache and by the emptiness in his stomach.†   (source)
  • "What art sayin'?" he asked rather testily because he did not want his attention distracted from the long thin straight boy figure and proud face.†   (source)
  • [Testily.†   (source)
  • "I am alone to-day," said Dick testily.†   (source)
  • "Isabelle," he began rather testily, as they arranged themselves in the car, bound for a dance at the Greenwich Country Club, "you're angry, and I'll be, too, in a minute.†   (source)
  • [testily] For goodness' sake, don't call him Jack under my roof [he throws the book violently down on the table, Then, somewhat relieved, he comes past the table to Octavius, and addresses him at close quarters with impressive gravity].†   (source)
  • Rather testy, tired of so many subtleties, he complained, "Well, I'll do what I can, but I'll have to wait till the board meets."†   (source)
  • And if I scold him, he'll blow up, because he's testy beyond belief—and has rented three rooms for his family.†   (source)
  • If in the misty April night Gottlieb had been romantic as a cloaked horseman, he was now testy and middle-aged.†   (source)
  • [testily] It is some young fool who has not enough experience to know what mystifications of this kind lead to.†   (source)
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  • Gottlieb was working eighteen hours a day on new experiments; he was jumpy and testy; he gave orders like insults.†   (source)
  • He did not like it, in fact, and every time it reappeared he found it embarrassing, as if it were some testy personal or nationalistic prejudice—not to mention the reaction of Joachim Ziemssen, who would refuse to listen whenever the Italian started down that road, would scowl and look away, sometimes diverting the conversation or reminding them that the duties of the rest cure called.†   (source)
  • Of these men one resembled a testy and prosperous grocer, one a Yankee carpenter, one a soda-clerk, and one a Russian Jewish actor The Russian Jew quoted Kautsky, Gene Debs, and Abraham Lincoln.†   (source)
  • In a testy way she brooded, "These people that want to change everything all of a sudden without doing any work, make me tired!†   (source)
  • Auchincloss stood up and, shaking himself as if to ward off his testy temper, he put a hand on Dale's arm.†   (source)
  • Most of the castles of the testy Victorian tetrarchs are gone now or decayed into boarding-houses, but the Eathorne Mansion remains virtuous and aloof, reminiscent of London, Back Bay, Rittenhouse Square.†   (source)
  • Each day his executive duties crawled into two hours or three or four, and he raged, he became muddled by complications of personnel and economy, he was ever more autocratic, more testy; and the loving colleagues of the Institute, who had been soothed or bullied into surface peace by Tubbs, now jangled openly.†   (source)
  • Then she told Bo how complicated and bewildering was the management of a big ranch—when the owner was ill, testy, defective in memory, and hard as steel—when he had hoards of gold and notes, but could not or would not remember his obligations—when the neighbor ranchers had just claims—when cowboys and sheep-herders were discontented, and wrangled among themselves—when great herds of cattle and flocks of sheep had to be fed in winter—when supplies had to be continually freighted across…†   (source)
  • She often chose this task, in which she found some pleasure, notwithstanding the old man's testiness whenever he demanded her attentions.†   (source)
  • "That is a mistake—it must have been some one else," he said slowly and testily, for he perceived that Venn's countermoves had begun again.†   (source)
  • "God forbid," answered the professor, somewhat testily; "at least, unless they take sounder views of the healing art than those adopted by Rappaccini.†   (source)
  • "Why, don't you know," said Mr. Pumblechook, testily, "that when I have been there, I have been took up to the outside of her door, and the door has stood ajar, and she has spoke to me that way.†   (source)
  • "In the name of common-sense," asked the old gentleman rather testily, "what can be better for a man than his own parlor and chimney-corner?"†   (source)
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