There are a few moments of waspishness in Lazarus Rising. From Wordnik.com. [Down Under, Summing Up] Reference
What a terrible shame, she thought with unwonted waspishness. From Wordnik.com. [Give Us Forever]
It was purely the waspishness of a woman irritated beyond her limits. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
I had often jars which might increase a natural waspishness in my temper. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences] Reference
Stanley Hatch could not remember when, if ever, he had ever heard such waspishness from his wife. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
Shelly's hands were clasped dutifully behind her back, carefully not touching anything, so Anna stifled her waspishness. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting Season]
No one could understand the grounds for Colney's more than usual waspishness. From Wordnik.com. [One of Our Conquerors — Complete] Reference
Duncan's waspishness seriously enough to make vows of any sort because of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Heather-Moon] Reference
Ed Howker and Shiv Malik stake out their complaint with a waspishness which comes from personal experience - the struggle to find somewhere to live in. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
"And your quotation in this case is even more inaccurate and inappropriate than usual, Sir Edward," she pursued, surprising herself by the waspishness of her own spite. From Wordnik.com. [Sanditon] Reference
"The play may be too showbizzy for some tastes," Billington accepts, "but, behind its Manhattan waspishness, lurks a general truth: while Hollywood may be the global dream-factory, it still lies about its operatives 'sex-lives.". From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
But in later years, despite a certain lingering waspishness, they have brought themselves to a more philosophical view, and the fact that American-English is definitely separating itself from British-English is now admitted as a matter of course. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 1. Introductory. 3. The View of Writing Men] Reference
Their smugness has turned to waspishness. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
There was a faint waspishness about her voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Course Of True Love]
Expect wit, waspishness and apologies. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
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