He especially liked the way it called the ornery cloud Fatso. From Wordnik.com. [Up In A Heaval]
Lady Macbeth says: Wouldst thou have that Which thou call the ornery of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem. From Wordnik.com. [Kill Ten Rats] Reference
They are kind of ornery and independent up there, too. From Wordnik.com. [Another Poll Finds Obama Leading In Historically-Red Virginia] Reference
And I have two cats and they ` re kind of ornery, and they ` re able to open the back door, so. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2007] Reference
He turns out to be Finn Killian someone she'd met and thought "old and kind of ornery" at 21 but now finds mesmerizing. From Wordnik.com. [East Egg, Meet Southampton] Reference
But he also struck me a the kind of chap who didn't suffer fools gladly - what the Americans would call an 'ornery' and 'cussed' type. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-04-25] Reference
He was particularly fond of "ornery" young people. From Wordnik.com. [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference
"I went into what my wife calls my ornery attitude of. From Wordnik.com. [ABC 4: Top Stories] Reference
Bill Lienhard laughed about how "ornery" the team's superstar, Clyde Lovellette, was back then, forever teasing teammate B.H. Born. From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
"You ornery scamp!" he said, almost under his breath. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
KAHN: He was still erudite, funny, and ornery as ever. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Wexler: A Record Man Remembered] Reference
"" He's almost as caustic and ornery as he ever was. ''. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet Lariat] Reference
"A lawyer -- but not ornery, I hope," he said pleasantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run] Reference
The ornery Rickover always went looking for trouble himself. From Wordnik.com. [No Good Defense] Reference
The ornery ones, who feel cheated by being with this organization. From Wordnik.com. [The Measure Of A Man] Reference
Of course, the West wouldn't be the West without its ornery streak. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Fence Them Out] Reference
But that ain't saying that somebody's ornery critter won't harm him. From Wordnik.com. [Green Valley] Reference
ROMANO: Well, I mean, the character he played was a cranky, ornery man. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2006] Reference
So it was on to that cute and ornery little tyke, Sean "insanity" Hannity. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Anderson: Lower Case Capitalism] Reference
Bascombe does indeed live in Haddam, and he's as rueful and ornery as ever. From Wordnik.com. [Seems Like Old Times] Reference
Frist can be ornery at times, possessed of his own hard-to-pigeonhole views. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Frist] Reference
But maybe that's what helped make us into such ornery bad boys around there. From Wordnik.com. [Puppy Love] Reference
Gone was the Candidate Cheney who often seemed tentative or ornery on the stump. From Wordnik.com. [Plotting Bush Ii] Reference
"For heaven's sake, Bill, climb down here, and help me leggo this ornery old hog!". From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
"An ornery critter like thet-thar pup ought to be kept shet-up," he concluded spitefully. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
He can really take after a person without leaving you a taste he has been mean or ornery. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 25, 2008] Reference
An animal trainer is lucky to be alive after an ornery Orca doesn't get with the program. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2006] Reference
Occasionally an ornery old guy shows up at our hospital and says, "Don't amputate my leg.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2005] Reference
And Green Valley folks are ornery enough on top and when things are going smoothly for you. From Wordnik.com. [Green Valley] Reference
The nations of the Balkan are defined more by ornery opposition than by cohesive identities. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
She knows that since the end of the cold war, Moscow has never felt so isolated and so ornery. From Wordnik.com. [Boris To Bill: Butt Out] Reference
"" We were shocked to find out how big he was, '' says J. Peterman president Arnie Cohen, "" and how ornery. ''"". From Wordnik.com. [Mail-Order 'Machiavelli'] Reference
The plain-spoken, slightly ornery Grassley is such a tightwad himself that he keeps his air conditioning at 80 degrees. From Wordnik.com. [Taxing the Super Rich] Reference
But then, if you'd invented as much as he did, you'd be ornery too if you hadn't received what you thought you deserved. From Wordnik.com. [Who Do You Love?] Reference
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