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Recent Examples of querulous The most salutary change was Kelsey, who turned from Rigoletto to Amonasro, and who gave his trademark smoky tone and aura of threat to a role that, earlier in the month, George Gagnidze had rendered merely tight and querulous. Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023 Brian Frutiger’s edgy tenor perfectly suits the querulous Dr. Caius. Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2022 One came across as a quiet, reserved, eloquent, thoughtful force of nature; the other as a boisterous, querulous, troublemaking and sometimes thoughtless and mean force of nature. Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022 Today those late, querulous paintings are counted among the most influential American artworks of the twentieth century. Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 14 Jan. 2021 See All Example Sentences for querulous
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Adjective
  • Of the roiling mass of restless natives, cranky artists and tattered idealists who rose up across the Southland this summer to flip off darkness and call America back to its better angels?
    John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • While his wife and daughter build a new life in Vienna, Roman stays behind — confused, restless and convinced that things will get better.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • He was adopted two weeks later, but after 18 months in his home, Scoob developed a painful skin condition that caused his ears to bleed and left him extremely irritable.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Instead, Helen is allowed to be irritable and anti-social, chain-smoking and snappish, without the filmmaker casting judgment.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Lorraine beams with pleasure, while Ed registers grumpy disapproval like every dad in every family sitcom ever.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The puns are enough to make even the grumpiest of reporters giggle.
    David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Sanders was certainly displeased after the loss to the Yellow Jackets.
    Shane Shoemaker, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Expert weighs in Fain is under a critical gaze and a barrage of criticism, with a watchdog monitor on one side and displeased members charging from the other.
    Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Leading up to kickoff of Belichick’s debut at Chapel Hill, college football, this community and certainly the TV networks were thrilled with the prospect of this grouchy old man turning an irrelevant football team into something worth watching.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
  • When Vivian Powers went to foster a new kitten, she was pulled in by a cat's grouchy face.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • FurHaven Calming Cuddler Donut Pet Bed A fluffy bed that surrounds your dog with warmth can be great for relieving anxiety and calming down a nervous pet.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Even with the mixed indications for winter golf, course owners are nervous, NCGOA CEO Jay Karen said on a video call.
    Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • However, the players union, the Professional Women’s Hockey League Players Association, dissatisfied with the PHF, formed its own league, the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL).
    Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Others are dissatisfied with how their school districts are doing academically.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Attend the Fiddler Crab Festival Every February over Presidents’ Day weekend, the three-day Fiddler Crab Festival brings crabby fun and community pride to Steinhatchee.
    Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
  • Her dissatisfaction with her crabby old husband drives her into the same state of amorous turmoil that Vanya and Sonya find themselves in.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Querulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/querulous. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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