Tarek Fatah jumped the shark quite some time ago, but his increasing crankiness is still news. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference
But it is more likely that our crankiness was the result of the supper we had eaten the previous night. From Wordnik.com. [The Story Girl] Reference
If you will read through the thread again, you will notice that it was you who raised the issue of "crankiness", not me. From Wordnik.com. [Best. Title. Ever!] Reference
Of course, crankiness is not enough. From Wordnik.com. [t=e=m=p=e=r=a=m=e=n=t : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
Turgenieff was irritated by my father's "crankiness," which distracted him from "his proper metier, literature.". From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of Tolstoy] Reference
Because that's what your crankiness might accomplish. From Wordnik.com. [Patt Morrison: President Obama's Other Worst Enemies -- His ''Friends''] Reference
But I can understand a bit of crankiness at this point. From Wordnik.com. [Let Me Teach You My Secret Beltway Handshake] Reference
In the movie, as in life, friendship trumps crankiness. From Wordnik.com. [Josh Goldin: Movie: Wonderful World] Reference
Yes, that helps to explain McCain's perpetual crankiness. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Leads By Over Five Points In Pre-Debate Tracking Polls] Reference
I think he knows when I need his crankiness and when I don't. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
The crankiness didn't seem to be an issue at work today though. From Wordnik.com. [blue-parade Diary Entry] Reference
Through it all Bloomberg exhibited his characteristic crankiness. From Wordnik.com. [Adrian Fenty was no Mike Bloomberg] Reference
Now the brunch cocktails have worn off and the crankiness sets in. From Wordnik.com. [partygirl Diary Entry] Reference
Or possibly it's just my inherent crankiness that is making me cranky. From Wordnik.com. [blue-parade Diary Entry] Reference
I shouldn't mind his fits of crankiness, if he would only leave girls out. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
My Beautiful Refuge.hmm. .color guard+choir dancing = crankiness/tiredness. From Wordnik.com. [zingerbabai Diary Entry] Reference
Regardless of my crankiness, I approve of the provision of different paths. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Let a Couple Dozen Flowers Bloom] Reference
Okay, I suppose I can excuse a little crankiness, based on the bowel issue. From Wordnik.com. [blue-parade Diary Entry] Reference
Madam has a bad cold, with all of the moodiness and crankiness that entails. From Wordnik.com. [Write on Wednesday – Writing Even When I’m Not] Reference
When you trump crankiness with cancer, it raises the doubt quotient even higher. From Wordnik.com. [Taylor Marsh: The Thought of 'President Sarah Palin' Scares the Crap out of Me] Reference
'I don't think so,' Louis said, not yet catching the crankiness in the front seat. From Wordnik.com. [The Night Crew]
"Good," I replied, "we'll dine together if you'll swear off crankiness for the day.". From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Complete] Reference
My crankiness is really, more than anything else, a function of my sleepiness, I think. From Wordnik.com. [meggie816 Diary Entry] Reference
She prayed there would be pouts, crankiness, and temper tantrums as the week progressed. From Wordnik.com. [Rekindled]
Perhaps the crankiness from hangovers and lack of sleep will bring people back to earth. From Wordnik.com. [Adam Werbach: Sundance Report, Day 3] Reference
The professional repercussions of this situation might account for some of his crankiness. From Wordnik.com. [Ricochet]
And second off, I really enjoyed the growing weariness and crankiness on the part of the crew. From Wordnik.com. [Revisiting Star Trek [Part 6 of 7]: The Films] Reference
Besides, I like to think that my colleagues find my iconoclastic crankiness kind of endearing. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Underbelly of Technology] Reference
And the underwear is superlight and thin and good for summer because a sweaty hoo-ha = crankiness. From Wordnik.com. [Tribune: Still Figuring Out That Blog Thing | PopPolitics.com] Reference
It's both -- people will sort of leave you -- respect individualism and they respect crankiness, too. From Wordnik.com. [Grass Roots: One Year in the Life of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary] Reference
He was disappointed with the crankiness in his soul, but the hurt was there and it wasn't going away. From Wordnik.com. [Call to Treason]
And whether it was just stubbornness or crankiness or whatever, I felt like I'm not ready to checkout. From Wordnik.com. [After Emerging From Coma, Fred Hersch Plays Again] Reference
(Not to worry, the problem has been resolved officially, but I'm just experiencing residue crankiness.). From Wordnik.com. [Day in the Life of an Idiot] Reference
There weren't any pouts, crankiness, or temper tantrums, and Anne grew more and more attached to the child. From Wordnik.com. [Rekindled]
All the knots and crankiness, which had gathered in his heart during that long and tragic business of June, Soames. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Summer of a Forsyte] Reference
And, I'm sorry, Elizabeth, so much crankiness in one afternoon is, indeed, unfortunate, but thusly is a terrible word. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, Grow Up Pt. 3] Reference
At the same time, our national crankiness has bred an equal and opposite reaction: unthinking nostalgia for a time that never was. From Wordnik.com. [The Tricks Of Memory] Reference
Behavior problems or sleepiness — may include irritability, crankiness, frustration, hyperactivity, and difficulty paying attention. From Wordnik.com. [Childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnea] Reference
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