单词 | crankiness |
例句 | But I gave him a piece of divinity, and the sweet candy melted his crankiness right away. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Constance resembled a wet hen—same shape, same dour crankiness, and only slightly larger—but Kate smiled when he came in, and the sight of her sunny face gave Reynie a pinprick of hope. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The genius of Sanford and Son was that it turned an irascible R-rated stand-up comic into a TV star, by emphasizing his crankiness, not his raunch. Same role, different show: what happens when TV actors get stuck in a rut 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z They were brought up in a world drenched in irony and crankiness, but they’re just too darn fuzzy and warm to sustain a negative outlook. In Aziz Ansari’s ‘Master of None,’ a new definition of Netflix-and-chill 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z But if Rooney sometimes championed a get-off-my-lawn brand of crankiness, there was usually a twinkle in his eye and a "we're-in-this-together" tone to his writing that gave comfort to his flock. Andy Rooney: Each Sunday he looked at the everyday 2011-11-05T12:52:13Z With an unapologetic crankiness, he attacks the digital age’s deficit of manners and attention spans. Critic’s Notebook: Broadway’s Laughs, From Nathan Lane to Bette Midler 2013-05-29T16:05:07Z Over 13 episodes per season, Darley spins the globe with a steady hand, seemingly immune to the afflictions of the common traveler: hunger, thirst, jet lag, crankiness, rumpled clothes and raccoon eyes. What’s it like to film a TV travel show? I joined the crew of “Travels With Darley” to find out. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Allen’s Amazon series Crisis in Six Scenes reflected all of its creator’s kids-these-days crankiness and precious little of his humor, ranking among the worst in his filmography. That auteur do it: can big name directors continue to thrive on the small screen? 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z A recent college graduate that everyone seems to find attractive despite her baggy clothes, Rose is given an air of beguiling crankiness by Lousa Krause. Review: Annie Baker's 'The Flick' slow but funny 2013-03-13T00:10:10Z It's odd that De Abaitua doesn't explore much of this other kind of crankiness, since his experience of camping mainly involves three children under the age of five. The Art of Camping by Matthew de Abaitua - review 2011-07-06T09:00:01Z Most lines are delivered with deadpan snap, or bursts of crankiness. Review: 'This' serves up all flavors of 30-something ennui 2011-04-15T00:34:58Z And, at least for now, the sculpture is also serving as a prime target for British Olympic crankiness. London’s ArcelorMittal Orbit Leads to Controversy 2012-06-01T19:22:38Z There's that additional terror and crankiness that comes from being a parent. Samantha Bee on why she's on tour: "It is feeling treacherous out there to be a woman" 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Some results are pretty obvious: more-fragile emotions, less resiliency, general crankiness. Motherlode Blog: Do You Cheat Your Kids Out of Summer Sleep? 2013-06-26T14:24:10Z When I look at the portraits I see this too: crankiness, yes, but also teasing jokes, affectionate digs, and love. They Suffered for Their Cézanne Portraits 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Or the crankiness that assails even the sweetest-tempered parent who has to do the washing up in a plastic bowl filled from a tap a kilometre away. The Art of Camping by Matthew de Abaitua - review 2011-07-06T09:00:01Z But the most invested and indignant appearance comes from Jim Jones, rapping about the changes in the genre with the grim crankiness of a flustered dad. The Playlist: Kane Brown Confronts Gun Violence, and 12 More New Songs 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z He allowed us into a space that otherwise seemed blocked off by either crankiness, “celebrity psychosis” — his term — or some emotional conflict rooted in his childhood. Perspective | Michael Nesmith invented country rock. Or maybe something even better. 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Overall the mood was cordial, even though the air itself contained that unseen chafing agent best described as crankiness. "Dispatches From Elsewhere" stars on connecting to the show's mystery without a murder 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z It made sense to trade a few nighttime snuggles for what turned out to be a whole lot less daytime yelling and crankiness - from me. Motherlode Blog: Ending the (Accidental) Family Bed 2012-09-27T19:17:16Z The only time I caught a glimpse of the famous crankiness was at a tech rehearsal for “Medieval Play.” Kenneth Lonergan’s Thwarted Masterpiece 2012-06-19T19:43:37Z Finally, her famous crankiness has a worthy target: she's mad at life. In defense of Hope: Why the so-called worst character on “Virgin River” is actually the best 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Also, if the children are losing some sleep, let the school know that you are working on this and there may be some crankiness. Perspective | My kids haven’t slept alone since their dad left. How do I (gently) break that habit? 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z In other words, if you're missing a meal because you're late for school pickup or trying to finish a spreadsheet, the situation might be exacerbating the crankiness from hunger. Experts explain the science of why you get "hangry" — and how to avoid it 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Many of the people telling those stories don’t realize, though, that much of Ove’s crankiness is actually a symptom of his private heartache. 'A Man Called Otto' features a cranky — but hurting — old man, just like Dad 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The crankiness on the Reddit discussion boards came as the Fed’s actions cost many investors money. What TikTok Told Us About the Economy in 2022 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z But you’ll also notice a crankiness in certain old-school circles and witness moments that are so quintessentially California that they sound written for the screen. What surfers blurt out when they think no one's listening 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z When Schrier campaigns, she said the crankiness of the times comes across loud and clear. The Times recommends: Kim Schrier for the 8th Congressional District 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Putting aside Butler’s short-tempered crankiness and its impact on team morale, this messy stretch might be exactly what the Heat needed to maximize its postseason fortunes. Analysis | Who’s afraid of the Nets in the Eastern Conference playoff race? 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z But unusual crankiness and lethargy raised their concern, and tests showed his blood sugar levels were off the charts. Diabetes & COVID-19: Scientists explore potential connection 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Dorothy’s impatience and crankiness with her husband, as well as a seemingly palpable disdain for him, at first seem rooted in his pie-in-the-sky crusades, flighty job choices and how they barely scrape by financially. Review: Broadbent, Mirren steal the show in Roger Michell's last feature 'The Duke' 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The postgame crankiness from their defeat in Washington, when Arians called his team “very dumb” and Brady instructed reporters to “make it quick,” was all but forgotten. Analysis | Tom Brady and the Buccaneers can feel better after overwhelming the Giants 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z It’s scientifically proved that staying up past midnight, night after night after night, can cause crankiness. Perspective | Long games, late nights: Once again, MLB’s playoffs are a slog 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z In a moment of crankiness this January, using a bullhorn pointed at the University of Kansas campus, I decried the pathetic student turnout at a post-Qasem Soleimani assassination rally against a possible war with Iran. Tulsa undercover: Inside Trump's rally 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z Their crankiness, paranoia and exhaustion over the actual working state of the world close off anything beyond a sixth-grader’s understanding of the role they might play in societal and economic dysfunction. Review: The blue-jeaned billionaires ruining Wyoming 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “Just dealing with some crankiness, a little soreness in his shoulder,” Boone said. Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has minor right shoulder issue 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z “Work in Progress” takes the position that it might be something better: a tool that, in the right hands, could renovate an unwelcoming culture in Abby’s image—crankiness, grief, and all. Uncertain Attraction in “Work in Progress” and “Dare Me” 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Finally, your car’s crankiness leads to this question: Should I keep fixing it — or let it go? Perspective | Skyrocketing repair costs or rust? It may be time to buy a new car. 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z He was probably entitled to at least some of the crankiness. How Anthony Powell Wrote His Twelve-Volume Masterpiece 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z There was a method to this crankiness: Debussy was attacking the tendency to worship the past at the expense of the present. The Velvet Revolution of Claude Debussy 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z “Yes, working mom, you have missed a first. … But along the way you have probably dodged a bullet or two or a half dozen on the colic or the crankiness, the teething or earache front.” New book offers hilarious and poignant take on motherhood 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Side effects include lactation, hair loss, unreasonable crankiness and a bad sense of direction while driving. 'Super Troopers 2': Has it aged, or have we? 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z This veneer of crankiness was a playful reference to the early-to-mid-1980s, when the Ewing-powered Hoyas reached three Final Fours and Thompson’s program had an air of unapproachability that even had a name: Hoya Paranoia. A Hoya Again, Patrick Ewing Learns Value of Knowing When to Pivot 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z A no-carb diet may lead to crankiness, and cravings that trigger binge eating. 4 Easy Ways to Reset Your Health After Labor Day 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Then, just as low blood sugar and wet feet combined forces for crankiness, a small, carved-wood pavilion appeared. A food writer eats her way around Vietnam 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Hence his dust-ups with the news media, with corporations that won’t do his bidding and his crankiness with foreign leaders who correctly size him up as an arrogant, loudmouthed lightweight saddled with an insufferable grandiosity. Opinion | Should we pray for Trump? 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Even the signs of the old Mourinho, the occasional crankiness and the delightfully contemptuous observation about football Einsteins, have felt like a bit like a tribute act to himself. Don’t be too swift to bury José Mourinho – the monster may be stirring 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Why should we pay any more attention to our persistent wrong-track crankiness than we do to our other well-worn complaints, such as traffic jams and sleep deprivation? These popular polling questions are dumb and deserve ridicule 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z So often it has turned genius into crankiness and caused clever men to waste their energy on silly causes. The evolution of Mr Thiel 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z For all his crankiness, Sanders is tapping into this optimism and providing an outlet for it. Bernie Sanders and the New Populism 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z The crankiness is practiced and proficient, and King Push will surely offer more of the same. Pusha T's Darkest Before Dawn is a skeletal and steely stocking stuffer 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The Sunday-school civility didn't last, of course; it was a political debate between strong personalities, and even with softball questions, political divisions and personal crankiness quickly emerged. Fox Business made GOP debate a safe space 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Besides crankiness and a need to find a kitchen, hunger’s effects include a stronger desire for mundane objects like stationery. Hunger Makes You Crave More Than Food 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z At one moment, he argues that earlier civilizations are worthless; in the next, he combines a kids-today crankiness with nostalgia for the imagined superiority of the past. Henry David Thoreau, Hypocrite 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The man behind Capt. Kirk has been dogged by rumors that he’s difficult to work with, but once he started to own his arrogance and crankiness, he somehow became more lovable — and more marketable. How ‘Star Trek’ became a breeding ground for today’s coolest old hipsters 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z “I have seen increased crankiness on this particular issue because of more tighter packed planes.” Airplane Seat Swapping, Once a Gentle Sport, Turns Rough-and-Tumble 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The crankiness of his announcement-week interviews certainly suggests that he’s still getting a handle on retail politics. The Best Reason to Take Rand Paul Seriously Has Nothing to Do With His Politics 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z If long-term growth is closer to 2 percent, the result will be continuing social disappointment and political crankiness. George F. Will: The cheerfulness of tax reform 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z “He showed me the way of what I wanted to be — to let your inner crankiness out,” Seinfeld said. Jay Leno accepts Mark Twain Prize for American Humor "This will be fun to watch - as will the march towards retirement from a fellow whose congenital crankiness seemed as though it'd always be on our sets." Letterman retirement is end of an era 2014-04-03T22:02:26Z Changes at Disney’s parks often prompt a degree of consumer crankiness, a reflection of how deeply people care about the properties. Billion-Dollar Bracelet Is Key to Magical Kingdom 2014-04-02T00:31:43Z And if those workers don’t get enough sleep, their lethargy, crankiness and poor decision-making will hurt the economy in assorted and significant ways. Economic View: Get Some Sleep, and Wake Up the G.D.P. 2014-02-01T14:16:25Z “And you brought that out at the beginning of the game,” his partner, Al Michaels, said with a tone that suggested sarcasm or jet-lag crankiness. Early Take: Even With Changes, Pro Bowl Is Tough to Watch 2014-01-27T15:39:10Z Everyone knows the crankiness, puffy eyes and excessive yawning that follow a bad night's sleep. "Human Sleep Project" Could Unlock the Secrets to a Good Night s Rest 2013-08-30T14:15:00.567Z They approximated the brazen panache of Kirk, the relentless logic and calm of Spock and the brilliance and crankiness of Bones. Review: Star Trek Into Darkness's Alternate Vision of Mediocrity 2013-05-17T09:44:54Z Problems associated with sleep deficiencies extend well beyond fatigue and crankiness. The Sleep Industry: Why We’re Paying Big Bucks for Something That’s Free 2013-01-28T13:00:46Z Sleep disturbances affect moods, too—and not simply by producing crankiness. Treating Sleep Improves Psychiatric Symptoms 2012-11-27T13:45:00.183Z But what are you using to treat the crankiness? Binkie Bacteria: Recipe for Crankiness 2012-11-15T11:20:00Z With 39 days to go, that crankiness will continue to be the dominant chord of this election. US elections: a battle for America's soul 2012-09-27T16:48:04Z "It helps with the crankiness the kids get when they're feverish," she says. Indoor herb gardening can yield home remedies 2012-09-05T22:11:04Z Wearying of Mr. Ford’s crankiness, he quit and proceeded to build General Motors into an even greater Goliath than Ford. Off the Shelf: In ‘Freedom’s Forge,’ U.S. Industry as War Hero — Review 2012-06-02T19:30:54Z There are only a few years of this world and its companionships, and, though your friends may have their twists and crankinesses, they are still your friends, all you are likely to have. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Pacifiers are among the most aptly named baby paraphernalia, but what if, instead of curing crankiness, they are actually causing babies to be more unruly? Binkie Bacteria: Recipe for Crankiness 2012-11-15T11:20:00Z I was even sorry about it, a little; I had spent so much sweat and brain learning about their crankinesses. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z His posts are devoid of nuance, partisan in the extreme and prone to crankiness, all consistent with the Rupert Murdoch we have come to know. The Media Equation: Twitter Gives Glimpse Into Rupert Murdoch?s Mind 2012-01-30T02:20:52Z Madam, it is mostly crankiness now, in my opinion. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z No longer were princesses prepared to sit quietly by, turning a blind eye to concubines or crankiness for Queen and country. But Will it Last? 2011-04-29T17:30:00Z I knew exactly how awful the next however-many hours would be: enduring my mother’s crankiness, masking my own with brittle good cheer, struggling with the medical people. The New Old Age: Dignity Lost in the E.R. 2011-04-15T13:00:02Z Kent Schaible's symptoms had included coughing, congestion, crankiness and a loss of appetite, although his parents said he was eating and drinking until the last day, and they had thought he was getting better. Pa. couple who only prayed for dying tot convicted 2010-12-11T02:32:00Z But parents also might be missing that a child's crankiness or hyperactivity may stem from sleep problems, according to Lisa Meltzer, a psychologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's sleep center. Health Buzz: Walgreens Waits to Sell OTC Genetic Test 2010-05-13T20:28:00Z His visit to Cincinnati was prolonged; his young cousin, Mr. Will Burnett, thought he was on the high-road to crankiness on the subject. Life on the Stage Now, you take steamers, they're just as different as people; each one has her own ways, and most likely her own partic'lar kind of crankiness. Careers of Danger and Daring Even Uncle Aaron lost some of his crankiness and seemed at times to be “almost human.” The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out For one and a half years prior to admission her "crankiness" is said to have become much worse. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type If the obstacle to effective individualism is lack of discipline, the obstacles to effective fellowship are vagueness, crankiness, inefficiency, and the relics of primal selfishness. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures No crank can see his crankiness at the time of crankling, though sometimes he sees it afterwards. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war He's just the man you mention, but I'm considerably less sure about the crankiness than I was this morning. Thurston of Orchard Valley Probably it might be explained by some crankiness of the colonel. A Red Wallflower The moment that you take a crank seriously, from that very moment he imagines that his "crankiness" is divinely inspired. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends He belonged to C Company, and was a man subject to occasional fits of crankiness. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros With crankiness she seemed imbued, And everything she said was rude: She sniffed, and sneered, and, what is more, When very much provoked, she swore! Grimm Tales Made Gay His discrimination had been received coldly by the Canon Superintendent, and liberally discounted on the scores of dullness, crankiness, want of vision, yes jealousy. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales "Go ahead and say your say, Jack," said the other, his own face relaxing into a grim smile; "that was only a bit of my crankiness, and you know me well enough to know it." At the Time Appointed They are perverse creatures, however, and it is possible that this deprivation is responsible for many of their ill-humours and crankinesses. Here are Ladies Even the tiresome become interesting when we feel we may never see them again, while the hobbies, or crankiness of the singular become entirely bearable, when they are about to be lost sight of forever. All Aboard A Story for Girls Shall we not remember that our trying, cranky, stubborn patient is a sick person, and learn to treat that stubbornness or crankiness as a symptom indicating her need, just as we would a rising temperature? Applied Psychology for Nurses A stout Bulawayo bourgeois was holding forth on the crankiness of Cecil Rhodes in choosing to be so lonely. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales "There's something so underbred about crankiness; and the Harwich family have always been essentially aristocrats." Bella Donna A Novel An admirable epitome of what might be called “advanced health culture without crankiness.” The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine But Captain Josh's crankiness had antagonised every person in Hillcrest, and it was Mrs. Britt who suffered the most. Rod of the Lone Patrol The test of "crankiness," then, lies in the adequacy of the advantage reaped. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar But, at least, it was interesting crankiness, and the belief behind it made it even fascinating. Four Weird Tales She bemeaned him until at last I asked her why she didn't leave him, and added that I would not stand such crankiness for one moment. Letters of a Woman Homesteader "And I," I retorted, "am not going to be browbeaten in my own home by one-foot-nothing of crankiness and chiffon." Jaffery Only once in fact across the intervening chasm of crankiness did the Senior Surgeon hurl a smile that was even remotely self-conscious or conciliatory. The White Linen Nurse Everyone also knows innumerable young mothers who put up with inexcusable crankiness from a crotchety middle-aged woman because she was "so wonderful" to the baby. Etiquette Though conscious throughout of Baker's contempt for what the promoter would call his childish impracticability, his disloyalty and his crankiness, Bob realized that all of this had been carefully subdued. The Rules of the Game For crankiness and nearness, and unneighbourly sourness, give me Josh Strong and his sister Hepsy. Thankful Rest Nor, on the whole, should I be unwilling, if it were safe, to let people see how great ability may be defeated by the crankiness of fortune. The Autobiography of a Quack and the Case of George Dedlow The committee was about to break into an angry reply to this brusque comment, but the chairman of the Electrical Company tapped his forehead to claim its indulgence for the crankiness of the speaker. Round the Red Lamp But the great Quaker was equal to the occasion; no selfishness, crankiness, or whimsicality on their part could wear out his patience and benevolence. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Then you pouted and finally worked yourself into quite a temper over his inconsiderateness and crankiness because of that paltry little fifteen minutes he had to wait. Happiness and Marriage But it is more likely that our crankiness was the result of the supper we had eaten the previous night. The Story Girl I shouldn't mind his fits of crankiness, if he would only leave girls out. The Motor Girls Without precisely coming within the province of medicine, the comic individual, as we have shown, is in some way absentminded, and the transition from absent-mindedness to crankiness is continuous. Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic You have a deal too much sense to harbor any crazy spiritual crankiness. At the Mercy of Tiberius Or was it the crankiness of ultimate age? The Mutiny of the Elsinore |
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