Traces of decided ill-humor are stamped on his features. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Here I close the parenthesis, and return to my ill-humor. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But Jim's ill-humor had vanished like mists before the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir] Reference
All the ill-humor on Effi's countenance vanished immediately. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12] Reference
Herod was in a state of ill-humor and vexation in these days. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary] Reference
As soon as Guy was beyond hearing, Gussie's ill-humor found vent. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces] Reference
It was not an agreeable laugh although there was no ill-humor in it. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage with Captain Dynamite] Reference
The ill-humor of the cook was now a little amended; but besides this. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
I even confessed the ill-humor the light of his lamp put me into a short time before. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In such an ill-humor and with such a resolution, Julien reached the door of his house. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And the prince finished his flagon of wine with every sign of ill-humor in his manner. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896] Reference
At last their ill-humor overflowed, and naturally poor Risler received the whole flood. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Page 20 ill-humor towards his family, giving and countermanding orders to the servants. From Wordnik.com. [Bond and Free: A Tale of the South] Reference
V. 'On beholding the ranchero, Valiente was unable to suppress an outburst of ill-humor. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
“Silence, brother!” hastily said Edward; “my good son-inlaw will pardon your ill-humor.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Paris Sketch Book] Reference
He saw that she was sincere, and that she scarcely remembered the ill-humor of the preceding day. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Mr. Calhoun met Major Fetridge as he came home, but he was in an ill-humor and did not speak to him. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
Whenever Abby felt cross or disagreeable, she hid herself in the oratory until her ill-humor had passed. From Wordnik.com. [Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir] Reference
"Not known to my friend Edgar himself," was Adelaide's reply, her color rising, ill-humor being contagious. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
A wave of contrition swept over his ill-humor as her slim-clad figure preceded him out to the waiting motor. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
Edward saw that Emily did all she could to play the hostess agreeably, and to pacify her husband's ill-humor. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850] Reference
So the Mayor was cautious, as usual, about exhibiting any positive traces of the ill-humor that possessed him. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
It happened one night, after they had taken supper together, and Julien's ill-humor had been more evident than usual. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
As they ate and drank, their ill-humor vanished and they began to feel once more like their cheerful, optimistic selves. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls] Reference
Yet a growing population doesn't sufficiently account for the spread of nannying by strangers and concomitant ill-humor. From Wordnik.com. [Silent Rage] Reference
Besides the ill-humor of the cook, which now, however, was somewhat mended, Whittington had another hardship to get over. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
There was such irresistible charm in her voice and glance that Gerfaut's ill-humor melted away like ice in the sun's rays. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This is especially evident in the case of those who are driven to suicide by some purely morbid and exaggerated ill-humor. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Pessimism] Reference
Marcus walked sheepishly away, as they appeared, ashamed to own that in his ill-humor he had been teasing his little brother. From Wordnik.com. [Hatty and Marcus or, First Steps in the Better Path] Reference
BY THE NEXT MORNING MAIGRET HAD SHED HIS ill-humor, and once again he decided to walk from his home to the Quai des Orfèvres. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Loner]
Blassemarre, deeming it best to suffer her ill-humor to expend itself harmlessly, awaited better moments in congenial taciturnity. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Bergenheim hardly concealed the ill-humor her pretty sister-in-law's beaming face caused her every time Octave's name was mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Scherzo is so long, it gives us time to get over our ill-humor, though we are mutually resolved that we will not have him back again. From Wordnik.com. [Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow."] Reference
The girl's ill-humor quickly vanished once she understood the situation, and she willingly agreed to help retain the doll if possible. From Wordnik.com. [Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir] Reference
Do you know that it is contemptible selfishness in you to shed gloom and sorrow over a whole family by your moroseness and ill-humor '?. From Wordnik.com. [Sanders' Union Fourth Reader] Reference
There is great probability that he was condemned only through the ill-humor of his judges at having lost so much time in reading his work. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
He had hoped to be free to vent his ill-humor at home. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortune Hunter] Reference
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