"What's I'll tall you what's wrong," she shouted crankily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adam's Fall]

“Tell her what she wants to know,” Corky said crankily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remember Me, Irene] Reference

"How should I know?" the pilot answered crankily, hiccupping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shock Value]

Margie woke up crankily on the walk in, and Ginny sat down to nurse her.    From Wordnik.com.  [MORE FROM GINNY BATES: ALLIE AND MARGIE] Reference

As I was sitting crankily on the couch, it dawned on me what the problem was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference

"I thought you already inside," she said crankily, shaking her head in dismay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Next Of Kin]

"I feel like I'm in elementary school," I wrote crankily in my notebook at one point.    From Wordnik.com.  [A critic raves: Post reviewer Celia Wren dives into Fringe in 'The Rave Scenes'] Reference

"Do not insult the sun source of the martial arts by associating yourself with it," the old man said crankily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Date With Death]

"Tell 'em to carry Gillam, serves 'em right for making someone with a broken bone wait like this" said Ginny crankily.    From Wordnik.com.  [MORE FROM GINNY BATES: MYRA AND GILLAM] Reference

Those who really are depressed, as opposed to merely pessimistic or crankily whiney, in fact tend to be very non-functional.    From Wordnik.com.  [Happiness and Evolution, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

I'm saying that people got advance word and seem to be dealing with it either happily or crankily depending on their point of view.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2006] Reference

He crankily dismissed Fine Gael's most persistent heckler.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

Calypso, queen of the waves, to the pirate Captain LaPlank, who crankily kicks water at kids.    From Wordnik.com.  [canada.com Top Stories] Reference

"What's that for?" asked the Master, crankily, worry over his beloved dog making his nerves raw.    From Wordnik.com.  [Further Adventures of Lad] Reference

And if he did not drink and swear on an equality with them, neither did he crankily worship them as.    From Wordnik.com.  [George Borrow The Man and His Books] Reference

When Coughlin behaved even more crankily than most coaches early in his time with the Giants, the club.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Rajskub, when told of the news, was seen with a glaring frown and overheard to say, crankily, "Whatever.".    From Wordnik.com.  [TVBizwire] Reference

He ceased paddling for a moment and his light canoe swung into the trough of the waves and rocked crankily.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Challenge of the North] Reference

He also said, a little crankily, "All this fuss around elections does not promote normal organizational work.".    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Global Home] Reference

The craft floated crankily, it was true, but it floated, and, so far as the boy could tell, it seemed fairly water-tight.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men] Reference

So after a horribly long night on the floor of Frankfurt Hahn airport, I crankily rolled off the plane and into the customs and immigration line.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

I'll tell you what's wrong, "she shouted crankily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adam's Fall]

The bean lady of the Twilight Zone, "Remo said crankily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time Trial]

‘It’s my wedding — it can’t be a secret from me,’ she muttered crankily.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Carides Pregnancy]

“Why didn’t you tell me you were coming home,” Quark’s mother said crankily.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE FALL OF TEROK NOR] Reference

“What’s this I hear about you moving to Phoenix?” he said, more crankily than he’d intended.    From Wordnik.com.  [At Her Beck and Call]

‘It wouldn’t surprise me if you’ve got a criminal record a mile long!’ she contended crankily.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Carides Pregnancy]

Sparky growled at him crankily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sparks] Reference

I asked them crankily in English.    From Wordnik.com.  [kinaesthesia Diary Entry] Reference

We pay up, but we do it crankily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not Your Parents’ Money Book] Reference

He ends his post very crankily with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early evening in the Last Bubble Café.] Reference

"Don't pray now," said the old man crankily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vittorio, The Vampire]

"I'd be on the coast," she reminded him crankily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ship Of Magic]

Download NYTBR-Cheever), Updike reviewed it (respectfully if crankily) in The New Yorker, all the major players are commenting.    From Wordnik.com.  [ruhlman.com] Reference

Which is to say I wait crankily for my next nap.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slate Magazine] Reference

2-1 deficit in the series, and while he spoke, a little crankily, about Lee (He is human.    From Wordnik.com.  [SI.com] Reference