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单词 querulous
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Sometimes he becomes querulous, at other times philosophical; or he wishes to explain things, justify himself. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
They just heard him moving inside the dark house, then they heard the granddaughter’s voice, fretful and querulous: ‘Who is it? Light the lamp, Grandpaw’ then his voice. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
Hell, I am querulous and old, but I must try not to lose my temper when they arrive. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
“Then what do you call it?” inquired the queen, querulous. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Christmas carols were in the air; they issued from the radio of the four women and mixed strangely with Miami’s sunshine and the cries of the querulous, never thoroughly silent seagulls. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
From up the stairs we could hear the querulous old voices of the boarders demanding to know what had happened. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Jaggers was querulous and angry with me for having “let it slip through my fingers,” and said we must memorialise by and by, and try at all events for some of it. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
It was as though his eyes were holding their breath, while his mother looked at him, her face flaccid and querulous, interminable, clairvoyant yet obtuse. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
The second sat close to the flames, feeding them twigs and branches and complaining of the wind in a querulous tone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
I shift in my seat, feeling querulous and old. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
“Aren’t you even going to punish me?” he inquired with querulous surprise. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
Even as he spoke, Wart noticed that the hound music was weaker and more querulous. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Where is Rebecca? Why did not Maxim come and bring Rebecca?” replied the thin, tired, querulous voice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
I can’t recall those nights, but do remember saying to him, and hearing the querulous keening note in my own voice, “He could have stopped. He saw the guards. He ran right into the guns.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
Catelyn would gladly have spitted the querulous old man and roasted him over a fire, but she had only till evenfall to open the bridge. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
I love these images too, but every time I see them, I hear a querulous voice inside me. From literary heavyweight to lifestyle brand: exploring the cult of Joan Didion 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z
Brave Orchid is querulous and in her way indomitable, but she will not draw her grievances on her Biggest Daughter’s back and send her forth to conquer California. Review: ‘The Woman Warrior,’ by Maxine Hong Kingston 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z
We encounter a more human Krishna, who can turn querulous or even insecure as he makes his revelations: “Since you aren’t scoffing / I’ll proclaim to you the utmost secret.” In ‘Godsong,’ a New Poem That’s 2,000 Years Old 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z
Where Elisabeth is querulous and nervous, Ousmane is stoic and calm, and her anxiety increases when the police, at first blandly unhelpful, begin to investigate their children's lives intensely. Film review: London River 2010-07-08T21:40:00Z
Douglas is hilarious, a primped and toupeed peacock of the ivories with a quavering, querulous voice that combines conventional impersonation with hints of Truman Capote and Katherine Hepburn. Behind the Candelabra – review 2013-06-06T14:29:02Z
A family portrait in sound, all the warts and quirks of querulous aunts, sleepy, slow-walking uncles and playful kids were vivid in this short stunner, and the performance captured the essence of each character. An assured, polished concert from Imani Winds 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z
The play within the play is an eerie, fragmented drama about siblings trapped in querulous interdependency and too intimidated by the world — and their tortured family history — to leave the house. Theater: New Light, Long After His Sun Set 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z
Snarky and sometimes rude, the verse drama tells of a querulous prince stepping anxiously into the spotlight. At the End of Her Reign, the Queen Takes a Bow Onstage 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z
The ambiguous ending of Also Sprach Zarathustra, based on Nietzsche's magnum opus, famously replaces the philosopher's vaunting certainty with something altogether more querulous, leaving admirers of both men to ponder this disparity's significance. LSO/Daniel Harding ? review 2011-02-13T22:01:02Z
All those talking animals, querulous playing cards and animated chess pieces were not just peculiar, slightly menacing playmates, according to the new Broadway musical “Wonderland.” | 'Wonderland': There?s No Place Like Queens 2011-04-18T02:01:04Z
Konitz can sound a little querulous these days, but he approaches every playing situation as if its volatility and seductive potential were still a thrill, and his cliche-avoiding reflexes are as sharp as ever. Lee Konitz: Complete 1956 Quartets/Live at the Village Vanguard 2010-05-06T21:20:00Z
But her once-mighty volume has faded, other than an occasional forced burst of blunt power, leaving only her stolid, vaguely querulous portrayal of this complex character. Review: ‘Aida’ Gives a Taste of the Met Opera’s Bad Old Days 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z
The bullish, brooding 33-year-old actor may not have been the obvious choice to play Dickens’s querulous old miser in a musical re-telling of A Christmas Carol. Albert Finney: a career in clips from Tom Jones to Miller's Crossing 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z
A study in frustration, then, and many actors play the role as querulous, unprepossessing. In praise of … Ken Stott 2013-01-20T21:03:58Z
The inhabitants, a querulous black family, become hostages and the film becomes a volatile but claustrophobic morality play that the cinematographer, Rodney Taylor, fights valiantly to inject with light and air. ‘Supremacy,’ With Danny Glover 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z
But they have stacked the deck so unfairly that after many entertaining and learned chapters, their polemic ends up as something you can safely ignore, less provocative than merely querulous. Books of The Times: ‘A History of Opera,’ by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker 2012-12-27T22:03:04Z
Scalia has long been a spokesman not only for a judicial philosophy but for an entire worldview — the querulous conservatism that issues forth from Fox News, the Tea Party and much of the Republican Party. ‘Uncertain Justice’ and ‘Scalia’ 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z
But her specialty was playing the gracious soul, quiet and querulous, unsure of her allure. Joan Fontaine: The Oscar-Winning Star and Her Notorious Sister Act 2013-12-25T18:53:48Z
The British novelist Hilary Mantel, who died on Thursday at age 70, left a wide-ranging and hard-to-classify body of work that encompassed memoir, story collections, contemporary novels and brilliant, querulous literary essays. What to Read by (and About) Hilary Mantel 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z
Vocally he is fine, but he seems more gruff and querulous than awe-inspiring. SF Opera: A whale, a swan and 2 lovers 2012-10-21T20:33:09Z
In fact, some querulous readers might even ask, “Are these people real?” Book review: ‘The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure,’ edited by C.D. Rose
I mean the querulous, existentially challenged title characters of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters,” who live on dreams of making it to the big city. Williamstown Theater Festival: Three Sisters and Lots of Kvetching 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z
Their querulous, hostile or annoyed faces recur in her work from the late 1950s. Exposed 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z
It was impressive, wonderful, mysterious and also querulous and demanding. More than a home 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z
Then there’s the posthumous Einstein, of course, and his querulous descendants and the keeper of his brain. Review: In ‘Incognito,’ the Brain Is Dramatic and Mysterious 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z
He catches the man’s mellifluous delivery and querulous top note. Malcolm McDowell: 'I have no memory of doing most of my films' 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z
The mere suggestion that his poetry was difficult was enough to make the normally mild-mannered Mr. Ashbery querulous. John Ashbery, Prize-Winning Poet, Is Dead at 90 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z
Bruce Dern's touching performance as the querulous, sad old guy in Alexander Payne's Nebraska was a reminder of just how great an actor he is. Blue is the Warmest Colour won because it jumpstarts the heart 2013-05-26T19:36:00Z
She then provides a devastating “sampling of Ron Chernow’s descriptions of Mary Washington,” which include: “self-centered,” “querulous,” “crude,” “coarse,” “hypocritical,” “slovenly,” “strangely indifferent,” “crusty” and “complainer.” What the History Books Won’t Tell You About George Washington 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z
Against a long and attenuated trill of the viola, Mehretu’s backgrounds become a lurid green or mysterious blue and the black lines of the paintings start to look more querulous. Review: In ‘Monochromatic Light,’ Artists Saturate and Vacate Space 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z
In his personal affairs Roth is querulous here to the point of annoyance. Books of The Times: ?Joseph Roth: A Life in Letters,? Edited by Michael Hofmann 2012-03-04T20:45:55Z
Gone, gone, gone is the traditional depiction of the Almighty as an unseen voice in the clouds: A snarky, querulous 11-year-old boy gets the call instead. 'Exodus' follows its own path 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z
The boy, who has cerebral palsy, is a lively, querulous little presence. The weird world of Alice Neel 2010-07-07T20:30:00Z
It’s not just that dividing glass wall that inhibits our empathy for these querulous figures. Review: In the Hotel in ‘Zürich,’ Room Service Comes With a Bang 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z
Lurking in the dark along the passageway is a Palaeolithic man with a querulous expression on his face. Cave of Forgotten Dreams ? review 2011-03-27T00:05:26Z
If that were true — or exclusively true — there’s no way we’d be hanging on every word of these querulous, increasingly scattershot theorizers, kibitzers and confessors. Review: Blue State Blues Meet the Black of Night in a Thrilling ‘Shipwreck’ 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z
Fiennes shows us the conceit, followed by the querulous selfishness, with which Göth briefly wrestles with the idea that he might actually want to be good. Ralph Fiennes's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z
Particularly if the reviewer is Reginald Edward Morse, the querulous narrator of Rick Moody's frustratingly uneven novel, "Hotels of North America." Rick Moody's uneven 'Hotels of North America' is not worth a stay 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z
That she had now become querulous and grumpy was both a public disappointment and a profound mystery. After Such Kindness by Gaynor Arnold – review 2012-08-10T21:55:02Z
Marylouise Burke and Holland Taylor star as querulous roommates at an assisted living facility. Theater Listings for Oct. 16-22 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z
And on this showing, the auspices are good, by and large making those dissenting voices seem querulous and tetchy. Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic ? review 2011-01-28T00:29:54Z
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. What did Peter Brook and Richard Taruskin have in common? Next to nothing and everything 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z
But were senior party figures to try this, Mr. Johnson might threaten to call a snap general election, preferring his chances of winning a contest among voters to one among his querulous lawmakers. With Dim Prospects for Holding Power, Boris Johnson Soldiers On 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z
But some predicted he would do so only after a show of brinkmanship, since a clash with Brussels could unify an otherwise querulous Conservative Party. Boris Johnson Battered in Parliament as Scandal Puts Him on Defense 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z
He also rebuked “querulous and disillusioned pessimists” whom he labeled “sourpusses.” Opinion | A fragile truce in Catholic bishops’ war over Biden 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z
The sound system and Western music collection grew larger, and Ayman, approaching 50 now and gray-haired, moved his querulous wives into separate, lavishly appointed households. Book excerpt: Working for Syria’s chemical weapons program and spilling its secrets to the CIA 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z
As for his querulous domestic exceptionalism, you’d think they were the first parents ever to get properly ill in possession of children. The truth about why Cummings hasn't gone: Johnson is too terrified to sack him | Marina Hyde 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z
When Carter acted querulous and sounded shrill, Reagan turned to rtly and asked viewers, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" History shows how incumbent presidents can lose re-election — and it doesn't bode well for Trump 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z
The version she released was much more ambitious, her dramatic vocal performance propelled by querulous strings and surging synths. The best albums and songs of 2019 revealed 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z
Until then, he’d been responsive, aware, irritable, funny, querulous, weak, confused, furious, loopy, but recognizably himself. The Final Frontier 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z
Despite the querulous coverage, there was no getting around the facts here, no matter how clever the headlines or inventive the speculation. ISIS score: Trump 10, Media 0 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z
A secret service agent went to her rescue but she waved at him, a querulous sort of rebuke, attempting to recover herself. Morrison visits an Australian box factory in Ohio – and the Trump crowd goes wild | Katharine Murphy 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z
There was even a nomination for cinematography, despite all those querulous “I can’t see what’s going on” complaints about how dark many of the episodes were. 'Game of Thrones' finale complaints don't stop massive number of Emmy nods 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z
This gloriously heavy sound is topped by her querulous vocals, that recall Kate Bush at her wild and windiest. 50 great tracks for November from Sheck Wes, Ider, Architects and more 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z
Bache described the president in such terms as “old, querulous, bald, blind, crippled, toothless Adams.” The thin-skinned president who made it illegal to criticize his office 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z
There, a few querulous seagulls dive-bomb a sign that warns tourists not to feed the birds because they can be extremely aggressive. Touring a county with 'special energy' - using a 1939 guide 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z
The querulous utterance of “Mummy, what are you doing?” has prevented more sex than religion and Donald Trump’s face combined. Caitlin Moran: everything I know about sex 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z
There are typo-prone words like “Fujiyama” on Page 29, “querulous grackle” on Page 34 and “steatopygy” on Page 24, which, two lines later, McCarthy explains is “excessive development of the rump.” Typing a Novel About Vassar, Word for Word, as Art 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z
Kate Kearney-Patch's Marína, the old nurse who knows how to soothe the querulous personalities around, doesn't want the spotlight but her presence deserves to be felt more strongly. A spectacular new 'Uncle Vanya' at San Diego's Old Globe 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z
The paradoxes of China’s rise today are best illuminated by Friedman’s querulous visit to the country in 1980, when China was desperately poor. The Rise of China and the Fall of the ‘Free Trade’ Myth 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z
It will be a sincere relief when this generation of owners gives way, and players become the headliners and heart of the game again, instead of querulous old men with their gorged bellies. Perspective | Players were giving NFL the moment it needed, before an owner took it away 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z
He was nervous, querulous and clearly in over his head. Opinion | The Mortification of Jeff Sessions 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z
In fact, his move was met with an explosion of querulous partisanship. Opinion | Trump’s critics can’t write off the Syria strike as a distraction. History shows why. 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z
President Trump’s querulous demands for compensation are the stuff of fantasy. In Donald Trump’s fantasy world, hints of reality are dawning | Matthew d’Ancona 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z
Bannon’s dark vision contrasts sharply with the sunny disposition of a pope who has chided “sourpusses” and “querulous and disillusioned pessimists.” Opinion | Steve Bannon vs. Pope Francis? 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z
Even by the standards of Hong Kong’s far more querulous politics, the scene was striking. China is snubbed by Hong Kong legislators at their oath-taking 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z
Army-run Iraqi tribal reconciliation program with a record of successfully resolving disputes between Iraq’s querulous Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish factions. Promises unfulfilled: How a State Department plan to stabilize Iraq broke apart 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z
It barely registered with him and the querulous press when she announced she'd sack bankers from Federal Reserve regional boards. The New Era of Big Government 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z
As Republican congressmen and senators returned to Capitol Hill on May 10th, the ranks backing the party’s prospective nominee looked ragged and querulous. Learning to love the Don 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z
Despite the fact that conventional wisdom holds that voters are querulous about the economy, Sides notes, Americans are actually feeling pretty good about the state of the economy. 'Morning in America' Redux? 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z
Fatima passes her leftover meal to her mother, who finishes it off, and takes a querulous toddler on her lap to calm him with a piece of bread. Greeks share what little they have with refugees and migrants 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z
Raisman, who is seventy-six, is querulous by nature, a determined outsider. Can an Unorthodox Operation Cure Paraplegia? 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z
For the rest, whether it’s Victorian London or post-sixties New York, pop novels and scholarly urbanism are most often voiced in a tone of complaint or querulous warning. When Gentrification Is Good 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z
He even calls for a personality change among church leaders, calling on them to stop being querulous “sourpusses.” Pope Francis: A Disrupter in Tune With the Political Mood 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z
“For all his superlative mental gifts, he was afflicted with a touchy ego that made him querulous and fatally combative.” Trumping Hamilton: A Tale of Two Bastards 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z
Their notes to loved ones also tended to be more querulous, centering on unshared housework rather than shared embraces. How Grounded Is Your Love Life? 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z
Now, rather than passing a no-gimmicks bill to keep funding flowing, Mr. Boehner and his querulous caucus are insisting that the onus is somehow on the Senate. The GOP plays hot potato with DHS funding 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z
Even on the querulous council, opposition to this behemoth near the banks of the Potomac ranged from muted to inaudible. Make sure MGM casino makes good on its IOU for Prince George’s County
A voice in the dark goes, “You were supposed to turn that off,” followed by a querulous, “My dog is dying!” A Ringing Cellphone, and a Good Excuse 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z
A querulous quartet of conservatives took to the Senate floor Wednesday to condemn President Obama for his latest atrocity against the American way of life. Dana Milbank: In border crisis, Obama is accused of ‘lawlessness’ for following law
The resulting tone, critics often noted, was that of an opinionated observer, plaintive or querulous, mischievous or melancholy. Günther Förg, Prolific German Artist, Dies at 61 2013-12-19T02:28:32Z
Since 2005, the word analogies – like querulous is to as deceitful is to cheat — have been scrapped and students have been required to write an essay instead. The SATS Should Bring Back Analogies 2013-10-16T09:45:22Z
In Britain, as we learned from McGuire's sulphurous sarcasm, all we managed were a few unco-ordinated riots and querulous behaviour at places such as Spa Fields, Bristol and Manchester. Bring on a British revolution – it's long overdue 2013-06-15T23:05:30Z
Lizbeth Mackay, all frizzy hair and querulous tones as the irritating Helen, somehow is able to construe her woeful character sympathetically. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘The Electric Baby,’ at Two River Theater Company 2013-04-27T01:35:41Z
But even in the querulous quartet on the Senate floor Wednesday there was an acknowledgment that the 2008 trafficking law is, as Flake put it, “the root of it or the main part of it.” Dana Milbank: In border crisis, Obama is accused of ‘lawlessness’ for following law
The querulous Frank is in the early stages of dementia and at odds with a changing world and is not best pleased when his son gives him a gleaming white robot to care for him. Robot & Frank – review 2013-03-10T00:03:05Z
Pelosi, 72, is a prodigious fundraiser and a skillful tactician with a knack for counting votes and herding querulous members into line. Pelosi To Stay On As House Democratic Leader 2012-11-14T17:05:22Z
Politics is the province of the unhappy and querulous; perhaps all the more so because, having paid, people feel particularly gypped. Guess who gets value for money out of this $2bn presidential election 2012-08-07T20:17:00Z
He was never jolly now, but always discontented, and generally querulous, morose, or violently angry. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z
"There's nothing to grin at," came the querulous protest. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z
It seems to me a mystery My querulous Press Porcupine," observed the wary Lion, "That what you've set your heart on, you can never keep clear eye on. Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893 2012-04-04T02:01:00.747Z
Her tone was strangely querulous, and her eyes continually flashed keen, biting glances at me. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z
But the man in black was already unlocking the door at the head of the little staircase, and uttering a querulous oath M. de Vidoche resigned himself to wait. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z
Two minutes gone, and the querulous, nagging tones were modulated to the note of vulgar affability. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z
On his master's unfastening the latch, the fleet animal made one bound, and disappeared down the narrow staircase, while the magician heard old Donald's querulous quavering tones raised high, as if to refuse admittance. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z
‘There is one person,’ said a shrill, querulous voice, ‘I would rather see than all these—Don Quixote!’ Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z
"Where is he?" he repeated, in querulous surprise. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z
How could you, according to this theory, evolve the moral stoutness and sobriety of Adam Bede, for example, from his precedent conditions, to wit, his drunken father and querulous mother? The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z
The stomach is querulous from the inception of the attack to its conclusion. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z
And then----" with a spasm of the querulous face that had been pretty no more than a year before, "the hours are long when you are alone. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z
The querulous words bore a meaning which all recognised; and some at the table started, and resumed the calculation how they should trim their sails in a certain event. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z
It was in this erroneous way, that he condemned Cobbett and Hunt, was querulous to his friends in Parliament, and most unjust to his most important and devoted allies. Life and Character of Richard Carlile 2012-03-14T02:00:25.327Z
I am in a state, not the worst indeed, but very querulous and uncomfortable, neither well nor ill. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z
"There's a great hullabaloo below-stairs," he said in a somewhat querulous tone as he crossed toward the fireplace and helped himself to a cigarette from the silver box on the mantel. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z
But after some restless, querulous moanings he slept again, and Henrietta was left to her thoughts, which continually grew more uneasy. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z
I therefore advise those querulous, discontented, unhappy people, if they wish to be respected and beloved by others, and happy in themselves, to leave off looking at the ugly leg.” Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z
Then the man without these interior resources gives way, breaks down, becomes querulous, fretful, irritable, sour. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z
He always gained in weight while in the asylum, became much more tractable and less querulous as his physical condition improved, and usually after some months could be allowed to leave the institution. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z
A second Click! startled Slyne disproportionately, and he spoke at that, in a very querulous voice. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z
His tone was querulous, his eye wandered when he spoke next. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z
There is also a great similarity in their cries of hunger and fear—shrill, querulous, prolonged, and usually tremulous notes. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z
When disturbed it flits away with a shrill querulous cry, passing to the nearest tree with a rapid undulating flight, and conceals itself by running round the bole to the opposite side. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z
Startled curlews, round about us, uttered their querulous cries. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z
"They have not left me?" with a querulous note in his voice. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z
The winds are henceforth voices, wailing or a shout, a querulous mutter or a quick, gay laugh, never a senseless gust, now man is born. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z
Concealed anxiety made calm Clovis querulous and snappish, and Gabrielle was not slow to perceive that he was suffering, though the cause she could not guess. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z
The young birds are of a pale grey colour, mottled with dull brown, and have a whining querulous cry. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z
But at the suggestion, the old lady lifted up her voice in such querulous screechings that her daughter was silenced. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z
"You are more anxious than most to reach the end of your life," he continued in the same querulous tone. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z
She has a high nose, thin lips, a querulous expression, and a quantity of built-up hair which shows tawny through its powder. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z
And half blinded by her tears, she glided towards the bed--or was gliding, when a querulous voice arrested her midway. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z
The young have a sharp querulous cry of two notes; the plumage is brown and pale grey; the eyes black. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z
They were the rampart, behind which the half-dozen querulous, rather old-maidish specialists measured skulls, gathered fragments of pottery, took rubbings of inscriptions, and collected folk-lore. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z
It is given to the small to be querulous and vixenish. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z
But Arthur Wolfe listened without a word, for he was accustomed to his sister's querulous complaining, and built a bulwark of silence against her jeremiads. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z
He opened it and was about to pass out when the querulous voice of Simon called to him again. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z
There was a rising, querulous note in her voice which gave warning of anger. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z
Dr. Bertholet, the querulous specialist in measuring skulls, suddenly began to smile when he caught sight of Madame—a fat bourgeoise in black silk, who looked like la patronne of a café. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z
In the place of freedom, subjection; in the place of company, isolation; in the place of friends, a sour old man, querulous and exacting. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z
"Why do you say these things, Humphrey?" asked the Squire, in a pained and almost querulous voice. The Honour of the Clintons 2012-01-24T03:00:25.947Z
They make a peculiar, harsh, querulous noise, which is oft-repeated, and not agreeable. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z
She heard the boy begin to object, begging the man in a querulous voice to let him go out and play. The Blue Lights A Detective Story 2012-01-17T03:00:19.713Z
Levine's querulous voice rose above the din of the machines—finding fault with something. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z
She was a tall woman, who, in spite of her years, still retained the elegance of her youth, but her face was hard and a trifle querulous, and M. Giraud was utterly intimidated. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z
"We are trusting too many people," came the querulous retort. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z
"Well, George, my lad!" she cried, in her querulous voice. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z
Mary, in her querulous tone, said that in those days the place abounded with Indians, night and day, and as they always expected to be fed, she had her hands full attending to their wants. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z
Their squalid attire, their querulous or broken voices, their haggard and bloated countenances, filled me with dread and loathing. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z
Presently, his mother began again her querulous bickering. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z
What attraction could that weak, querulous invalid possess for this stately, beautiful creature, who, to the girl's admiring eyes, seemed as far above him as a star is far from the earth. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z
He was querulous, like a sick, indulged child. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z
I therefore advise those critical, querulous, discontented, unhappy people, if they wish to be respected and beloved by others, and happy in themselves, they should leave off looking at the ugly leg. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z
Ede's voice, penetrating the door easily, rose to a querulous pitch. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z
She became quite peevish when the effect of the gin wore off and was nothing but a querulous old woman. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z
One day I saw myself as I was—a querulous, self-centered, self-conscious, self-made martyr. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z
"Let me alone," Willie protested, with querulous anger, still befuddled, and relapsing at once into sleep. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z
It was her turn of mind, imaginative, introspective, querulous perhaps, that made the bit of running lane significant. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z
I could scarcely help laughing, though it was pretty to see how innocently the young girl had taken the querulous speech. A Witch of the Hills, v. 1-2 2011-12-15T03:00:15.700Z
For a voice in the hall, or a sick querulous summons from the downstairs chamber, or the scraping of a chair from above? Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z
Curses and a few shots replied and a new, querulous voice was added to the murmur, a voice expressing pain. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z
The youngster kept up a constant querulous whistle when visited, and consumed, we were told, four pounds of meat daily. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z
Her voice rang rather shrill and querulous in the empty room, a new note in it. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z
Her question had a plaintive, querulous ring, which the circumstances made something more than pathetic. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z
One of the notes was like the noise which may be made by striking two pebbles together, the other a querulous chirp, and they seemed to come from different parts of the tree. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z
The notes of all the orange and black Orioles known to me are mellow, musical, querulous whistles generally given in detached fragments, all much alike in character but distinguishable when one becomes familiar with them. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z
Sea-sickness renders its victims very querulous; and few like to be continually reminded of their condition by enquiries too often repeated of—"How do you find yourself now?" The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z
"Beware!" said the same querulous voice, that before accosted him. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z
The next words that she spoke were in a high, querulous key. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z
"Why did you leave me?" she said, in the querulous tone of an invalid, her eyes filling with tears. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z
Call, creak, creak, and a querulous whistle; song, a sweet, rapidly flowing warble. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z
A certain fear tempered his natural insolence, and set a limit to his paradoxical and querulous humour; for, like so many other men of words, he had more temerity of language than stoutness of heart. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z
Accordingly Cort�z did not allow his men to remain long in idle garrisons, brooding over the past, or becoming moody and querulous. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z
Mid-March in Judea was the querulous age of the young year. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z
Then Mrs. Chaffinger's querulous despair had shown a weak, vindictive gleam. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z
Variable, some as harsh as those of No. 491, others like gabble of Magpie; others like Jays' common call a shrill, querulous, peeh, peeh; when on ground maintain a constant chatter. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z
If her daughters-in-law turn out querulous, and fall out one with another, which is not unfrequently the case, she reconciles them by the panacea of gentle remonstrance. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z
The dawn came stealing in the eastward window: from aloft a querulous little wail was uplifted on the stillness of the summer morning. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z
There was, however, an obstacle to eventual union, in the person of Sarah's invalid mother, a querulous, ninety-pound tyrant. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z
"Why the deuce do they try a field goal on the first down?" asks a querulous graduate-strategist. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z
In private life he played willingly enough the r�le of querulous benefactor. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z
And the man behind whined in a querulous fashion. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
Now it is a minority in parliament, dependent on querulous coalition partners, and most states are in the hands of regional parties or the opposition. Special report: Matriarch puts Gandhi dynasty at crossroads 2011-09-27T03:11:36Z
He was always kind to Jimmy, at least not unkind, but he was always secretly relieved when the front door shut behind him, hiding from him Jimmy's too-white hands, thin neck and querulous invalid's voice. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z
The storms with which it had begun subsided, and a calm ensued, in which Mrs Ireton set apart her querulous irascibility, and forbore her contemptuous interrogatories. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z
Notwithstanding the querulous, lamenting note of the halcyon, it was regarded by the ancients as a symbol of tranquillity, and as it seemed to make its home upon the waters, it was consecrated to Thetis. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z
It was neither bitter, querulous, nor wilfully pathetic; but chiefly contemplative, with a reminiscence here and the discovery of some consolation there. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z
There is a querulous elected Parliament, but few of the other fundamentals of civil society like an adversarial press and trustworthy courts. The 9/11 Decade: The 9/11 Decade: Bill Keller?s Unfinished Business 2011-09-06T16:13:18Z
A nation must have all classes—grumblers and saints, happy and querulous, in order to make strong men. Why I am opposed to socialism 2011-08-30T02:00:37.547Z
They are the opposite of sultanistic regimes: hard to establish, internally complex and querulous, but enduring. Way of the World: The Imprint of Iron Fists Fades Slowly 2011-08-25T13:30:35Z
But after Sallie and her mother had said good-night to his lordship and were alone at home together, the young lady spoke with querulous disgust of her cousin's behavior. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z
They do not assail His doctrine, nor charge Him with violating the law itself, for He had put to shame their querulous complaints about the sabbath day. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z
Indeed, it is doubtful whether she had anything more nearly approaching consecutive thought on the subject than a vague resentment toward Sally and a querulous disposition to find fault with her. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z
I therefore advise those critical, querulous, discontented, unhappy People, that if they wish to be respected and belov'd by others, & happy in themselves they should leave off looking at the ugly leg. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z
Fortunately the outward seeming of the passionless temperament is often worse than the reality, and querulous speech is often combined with generous action. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z
The girl sensitively shrank, at first, from receiving these gifts; but her plaintive, faded mother, with her cough and querulous temper, would always eagerly insist upon their acceptance. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z
That winter Ellen’s mother was ailing and coughed badly also, and for the first time in her life was a little querulous and complaining. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z
Shaken by her fall, she was now in a highly querulous state, common to those over sixty. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z
In an open, querulous democracy such as ours, neither authoritarianism nor a return to deference is an option. If we can organise the Olympics, why can't we get the basics right? 2011-07-30T23:07:25Z
He was, at times, as querulous as a complaining old man. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z
Pauline, as she kissed her, wondered if those same bloodless lips would ever have any further excuse for querulous complaint. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z
Who have you brought home?” he cried again in a querulous voice. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z
“Don’t disturb me,” he said in a querulous tone. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z
You hear the half querulous, half chuckling whistle of the one, the full-mouthed persistent cluck of the other, voicing recognition of the season. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z
In his relations with them, he alternated between storming anger and querulous complaint. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z
Her querulous question had scarcely ended when she perceived that Arthur Trevor had presented himself at her side. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z
The negro spoke in a querulous and somewhat doubtful tone, as he produced a letter from the lining of his hat. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z
The road was lonely, the quiet broken only by the whimpering of the baby and the querulous soothing of the mother. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z
No wonder that with such surprise the querulous tremolo of his whistle is sharply mingled with these softer voices. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z
Immediately the high, querulous voice broke upon their ears again, and now the girls from the North recognized it. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z
“Oh, it’s very easy to talk,” said Mr Perowne, whose previous night’s blandness seemed to be quite gone, to leave a weak, querulous childishness in its place. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z
While she was thus speaking in her voluble, querulous, harassing manner, Jake stood with his hands in his trousers' pockets, in an attitude of mock attention. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z
She thought of him as he had always been with her mother and with her, querulous and complaining, or noisy and rough when he had been drinking. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z
The hounds are more impatient than he for the opening of his midnight revel, and tug at their chains and whimper and bay when they hear his querulous call trembling through the twilight. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z
“No, no,” she cried in a hoarse whisper, instead of her former high-pitched querulous tone. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z
“Then why are they not here to speak for themselves?” cried Mr Perowne, in a querulous, excited way. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z
It replied in a thin, squealing voice that sounded as if it came from a distance, and had a querulous tone in it. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z
It partially disarmed the pained and querulous father. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z
But the “child” stands in no need of the maternal—and querulous—championship. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z
They had neither of them referred to the matter at breakfast; Donald had been in his usual hurry, Edith occupied with Bobbie, who had a habit of awakening somewhat querulous and difficult to please. The Brute 2011-06-30T02:00:30.283Z
He was a very querulous and discontented old man, with a voice like the whistle of the wind through a key-hole. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z
He was not nettled by Webb's disfavor, and even smiled on the rancher indulgently as he listened to the querulous plaint. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z
"You seem strangely interested in the man!" said the Captain, his voice undeniably querulous. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z
“That’s your father all over,” continued the maternal and querulous voice. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z
There are times when, under the stress of circumstances, even the mildest of men and women become querulous and difficult. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z
Our grandmother has grown a little querulous at times lately. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z
I therefore advise those critical, querulous, discontented, unhappy people, that if they wish to be respected and beloved by others, and happy in themselves, they should leave off looking at the ugly leg. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z
The telephone, querulous, impatient, again called her, but she turned her shoulder impatiently. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z
Mr. Hamlin, perhaps recognising some absurdity in the situation, forbore exercising his querulous profanity on the man who held him helpless as an infant, and Olly and Pete followed slowly behind. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z
After the planters had drunk, Briggs turned to him with a querulous expression. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z
After a hopeless suspension of nine years, the querulous author sent forth the concluding volume to join its neglected brother. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z
There was nothing, now, on the river or beyond it but the curtain of hanging mist; no sound except the cry of a gull, sharp and querulous in the vapours overhead. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z
“I don’t see why we got to go, Barney,” responded a querulous voice. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z
When he had gone, a querulous chatter went around the squatting circle. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z
The owl had long since ceased his querulous call. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z
Still smarting from the torture which his innocent progeny had occasioned, he seems to have alleviated his martyrdom with the quaint humour of a querulous prologue. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z
“What!” he cried in the querulous tone of a child. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z
He has no reward in view but empty thanks, and it is scarcely surprising if on damp nights he is inclined to fall into a rather querulous vein. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z
Later that day, Tatiana announced the same thing, but she sounded more distressed, confused: “I am stuck,” she said, a querulous look on her face. Magazine Preview: Could Conjoined Twins Share a Mind? 2011-05-25T15:24:47Z
With a querulous gesture his Excellency put an end to the matter. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z
He never exults in his triumphs, nor is querulous on those who oppugned them. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z
The outcome is a terrific noise which reaches its climax and ends in the sorrowful and querulous collapse of the poor puppet. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z
The querulous cry of every gabbling goose From thousand-scented mudholes echoes o'er; The dogs and yawling cats have gotten loose And mock the hideous howls of hell once more. Hoosier Lyrics 2011-05-20T02:00:38.353Z
He has thought all through, not how this affected me, but how it would affect himself; he has been querulous, exacting, and impatient. Dorothy's Double Volume I (of 3) 2011-05-15T02:00:11.283Z
She was shorter than Martine, and fairer, and her expression was sad, or querulous,—at first glance it was hard to say which. Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls 2011-04-29T02:00:08.307Z
And his Nemesis sits at home, querulous and fretful because her establishment is more modest than her ambition, her possessions than her pretensions. Courtship and Marriage And the Gentle Art of Home-Making 2011-04-27T02:00:20.023Z
He was, moreover, a malade imaginaire; a querulous, selfish, tyrannous fellow; always bewailing his hard fate, and the sacrifice he had made in so far derogating from his rank as to marry an opera-singer. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z
Richard's querulous voice was hushed in tender reverence now, as he called Mildred to admire the highly-decorated roof and massive pillars, and pointed out to her the different parts that had been restored. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z
Leeching and blistering, and subsequently massage, pulled him through, but left him weak and querulous. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z
Only a few days ago, had they not heard that same querulous voice? The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z
"Mother" was querulous and fretful, particularly when we rode on stormy days; otherwise she had practically ceased active opposition. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z
Captain If you appoint a Yorkshireman nearing the end of his career with high standards, strong opinions, maverick humour and occasionally querulous temperament, life might not always run smoothly. County championship preview: Leicestershire 2011-04-07T10:00:06Z
After a while the struggle eased and his whispering voice became querulous. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z
His countenance was transfigured beyond recognition, for in place of his half saturnine, half querulous aspect, I saw an expression of such holy and unselfish love, that in very wonder I caught my breath. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z
And now O'Halloran, whose impatience during this interval displayed little sympathy with the sad occasion of the interruption, asked, in a manner almost querulous, if their Lordships were ready to hear him? The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z
Mrs. Clinton will have just returned from a meeting of coalition partners in London and may be able to shed light on what has so far been a querulous alliance. White House Memo: Even While Taking a Chance With Libya, Obama Is Playing It Low-Key 2011-03-25T01:20:37Z
No more the screaming of wild-fowl at the lower end of the lake, nor the querulous cry of “chuck-will’s widow,” hawking high over it. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z
“Would you mind not kicking the bed?” said Carl’s thin, querulous voice. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z
I glanced in with a face that I flatter myself was expressionless to the perfection of indifference, and I took care to make my lip curl in Sir William Dagmar's characteristic aspect of querulous cynicism. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z
"Am I never to get this bill?" cried out Forester, in a tone that illness had rendered peculiarly querulous. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z
With these qualities Fichte himself combined a certain impetuosity and impatience probably derived from his mother, a woman of a somewhat querulous and jealous disposition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z
And Peggy, obedient to the tones which, whether querulous or coaxing, have constituted her law for seventeen years, turns to obey. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z
I therefore advise those critical, querulous, discontented, unhappy People, that if they wish to be respected and belov'd by others, & happy in themselves they should leave off looking at the ugly Leg. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z
He heard the grouse coming; they were announced by the tiny sounds of their own feet and the mother's querulous clucking as she warned her young to take every care. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z
"Very nearly," replied O'Reilly; "he confesses commonly to eighty-six; but when he is weak or querulous, he often says ninety-one or two." The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z
"Take it to the window and throw it out," said he, in the querulous tone peculiar to him and, perhaps, to his surprise, the command was instantly obeyed. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z
The bellow came again, but this time with a querulous note. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z
His querulous declamations against women in general, had neither cause nor excuse; and his complaints of infidelity and coldness are equally without foundation. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z
Frosty rose, stretched, leaped lightly to the floor and delivered himself of a querulous call. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z
Seymour resented with an infinite rancor at that moment the contrast with his own flushed, fatigued, tousled, agitated, persistent, querulous personality. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z
He was apt suddenly to loom up, like a gray cliff, at any turn in the trail, and his disposition grew querulous with age. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z
The querulous tone men employ about their age is the measure of their obstinate refusal to accommodate themselves to inevitable change. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z
Cowley was once in love, after his querulous melancholy fashion; but he never had the courage to avow it. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z
“Hoity-toity!” he cried at last, in his odd, querulous way. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z
In a moment she was querulous, irritable, all the evening's happiness gone again. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z
Either in a cunning wait or from a feeling of resignation to fate, she put up no fight beyond a querulous "phrump, phrump!" as if she would say: "My reward, you traitors!" The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z
As it grew worse, men became querulous but were still interested in themselves, and those not in the final stages discussed their symptoms, emulously, disgustingly—still a little anxious to be worse than their fellows. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z
Within the cottage all was quiet, although at intervals he could hear the querulous voice of Mrs. Tunks shrilly scolding the Romany girl. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z
She liked this odd, ugly man, with his querulous voice and dry way of speaking. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z
Esm�, less helpless, helped her, but was querulous, full of fancies, ill-pleased with life. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z
"How so?" cried Niel, in the shrill piercing voice peculiar to him, and which imparted to him, even in society, an air of querulous irritability. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z
"I fit, though; I fit to be boss o' my own house,"—the querulous, cracked voice broke in upon my reflections. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z
"I wish you fellows would shut up and go to sleep," said a querulous voice from a nearby dugout. Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition 2011-02-02T03:00:25.187Z
"Yes! it is," replied a weary and querulous voice. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z
As he encountered his boy's querulous face his dream city vanished, the glittering temple of Solomon crumbled to dust, and he remembered he was in exile. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z
Oh, if querulous hypochondriacism could but see them, what teaching it might learn! The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z
"I only wish you could suggest something," said Mr. Harkness in a weary tone, that made Merritt ashamed of his querulous speech. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z
A man’s somewhat querulous accents reached him first. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z
“Devil take ye, I don’t want none of ye!” quavered Griffith in querulous anger. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z
Then Running Fox heard the soft, querulous call of Gokhotit, the little red owl. Spotted Deer 2011-01-25T03:00:24.283Z
The mythos of our founding revolves entirely around fathers, save for the seamstress Betsy Ross and the querulous spouse Abigail Adams. The Way We Live Now: Cowgirl Country 2011-01-21T17:47:59Z
While I groped for my hat in the hallway, I heard the querulous jerky voices speaking again inside the room. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z
He had been querulous and quite unlike his happy self; she feared he was not well, though at this moment he was sleeping quietly. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z
I could hear the high, querulous voice of the elder man and the deep, rough monotone of his assailant, mixed with a strange metallic jangling and clanking. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z
The princess suspected that age was querulous and malignant, and delighted to repress the expectations of those who had newly entered the world. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z
When she read it she was angry in her querulous way. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z
Then a voice began to speak: a querulous, throaty contralto that came in jerks and pauses. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z
To the diplomats who deal with him, Mr. Karzai is a querulous ally at best, the cables make clear. Cables Offer Shifting Portrait of Karzai 2010-12-02T22:30:00Z
That's because the country's electricity grid is divided into three independent sections: east, west, and, since the mid-1930s, the querulous state of Texas. Texas: An Alternative-Energy Breakthrough 2010-03-19T21:55:00Z
The same sort of querulous defensiveness characterized Israel's response to the release of the U.N.'s Goldstone Report, which alleged atrocities by Israeli troops in Operation Cast Lead in Gaza in late 2008. 2010-01-05T19:03:00Z
Maxwell!" he exclaimed, in his high, querulous voice, to the head boy, "are you quite incapable of maintaining discipline in the house? "Pip" A Romance of Youth
The querulous throaty tone was the same, but the words came each time more quickly, and the wail was dying out of them. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z
In the spring there was the querulous sound of the lambs, staggering half fledged in the cold fields among the half-eaten turnips beside their dirty yellow mothers.  Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History
"Doth Job serve God for nought?" quoted Miss Aubrey, as they listened to the querulous old voice. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life
If the mass of common men are incurably patriotic and belligerent why is there a note of querulous exhortation in nearly all patriotic literature? The Salvaging Of Civilisation
Morel!" exclaimed Madeleine, in a querulous and impatient tone, "since there is nothing but water for me to drink, let me at least have a draught of that! The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6
At such times his eyes peered up through their lashes, with their dark melancholy; his voice was querulous and begged for comfort. Majesty A Novel
Even those querulous and ignorant pessimists who, during the war, used to ask, "What is the Navy doing?" must now know what the Navy has done. The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War
The door did not quite close, and phrases slipped out in Rogers' glib voice, and, more frequently, in a shrill, querulous one. The Guarded Heights
Was it a voice, a low, querulous voice? The Cottage of Delight A Novel
Her little pink mouth, perpetually open and pouting querulous over three white upper teeth, showed annoyance at being disturbed. A Bed of Roses
"An enemy force lies encamped an hour's march ahead of us," he said in his high-pitched, almost querulous voice. The Return of Tharn
What if Larry had quailed before the thought of confessing his losses to the querulous mother, who could so ill spare the money he had squandered? The Gambler A Novel
From the unreserved murmurs of those who frequented the place, and the querulous upbraidings of the soldiery against each other, Butler was enabled to glean the principal incidents of the day. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency
"Well, what if I don't?" he answered, with querulous sharpness. The Cottage of Delight A Novel
So the wounded man, despite his querulous complaints, was put in the tonneau with Billy and Paul to assist him and do whatever was necessary to make him as comfortable as conditions would permit. The Auto Boys' Vacation
It is always in a querulous humor, uttering a twittering, complaining noise; its dark, watchful eyes, expressive of distrust, observant of every movement which takes place near it. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2
After a moment's wait Mrs. Asshlin's querulous voice was raised in response. The Gambler A Novel
"But you have heard me observe already," said he, in a querulous tone, "that I dislike the prospect of this visit—that in fact it would be exceedingly disagreeable to me." Roland Cashel Volume I (of II)
Sometimes he would lie down upon the snow and lash about him with his bushy tail, whimpering in a querulous and imbecile manner at being thus outwitted by simple water-fowl. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867
"But I ah—protest!" declared the querulous gentleman, and he failed not to do so most emphatically after the President left the office. A Romance in Transit
O fair, fair Nature, are we thus Impotent and querulous Among thy workings glorious, Wealth and sanctities, that still Leave us vacant and defiled And wailing like a soft-kissed child, Kissed soft against his will? The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II
"We meet on a sad occasion, Mr. Milbanke," she murmured in a low, querulous voice. The Gambler A Novel
Her lips are thin and querulous, and her hair—well, she hasn't any hair, but her wig is flaxen. Faith and Unfaith
As soon as I was relieved of his presence and found myself again with the girls, I altered my whole manner and cried out in querulous tones: "Mrs. Carter and I have had a difference." Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth
In the telegraph office the operator was still having trouble with the querulous gentleman, but the President went to the desk to write his message, shutting his ears to the shrill voice of the gadfly. A Romance in Transit
"Why didn't you say at once he was Mandeville the musician," I overheard him ask in somewhat querulous tones. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life
While he went on mumbling in his feeble querulous voice, Diogenes had been pacing up and down the floor apparently struggling with insistent thoughts. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel
The querulous dependent tone rouses into instant life all the passionate tenderness that is in Ruth's heart. Faith and Unfaith
It scarcely 150 needed his mother’s look of reproach and querulous question as to “why he had forgotten the dinner hour,” to make him speak the truth, with almost brutal frankness. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance
Even if our querulous spirit does not lead directly to such serious sin, it involves us in great peril. The Warfare of the Soul Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation
The insolence of prosperity was now added to the querulous temperament that narrow fortune had engendered, and the excitement of his brain was little short of actual frenzy. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience
Now and then her mother put in a word of querulous complaining over the hardship of the day just passed and of all those that were to come. Clover and Blue Grass
In all that time not an impatient or a querulous minute can be remembered. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865
Her tone was querulous, rather than interested, and Adriana wished she had not spoken. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance
However, he is laughing as he descends the magnificent staircase,—the reputed work of Michael Angelo,—laughing until the shrill querulous cries of peevish children make him stop and frown. A Day with Lord Byron
“And is this the end of your mournful history?” some querulous reader demands. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4.
In a play which we once read, there is a physician introduced, who comes to prescribe to a querulous, nervous old gentleman. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852
She had found it easy to live with a querulous old woman. An Unknown Lover
When we timidly inquired as to the cause, we found them labouring under a sense of wrong, and disposed to be querulous and recriminatory. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal
In reply two voices approached the door, one sharp, querulous, nagging, the other, the younger and fresher voice, protesting; then the girl came in, followed closely by her stepmother. Young Wallingford
“You let him alone,” said the horse, in a querulous tone. Mopsa the Fairy
There was one old man of the party whose furrowed forehead, compressed eyebrows, piqued nose, and mouth depressed at the corners, at once indicated to a physiognomist a querulous temper. International Short Stories English
Inside the house, the child's tone changed, became querulous, listening. The Impossible Voyage Home
Far from sympathizing with his querulous follower, he predicts the ruin of his fortunes by this mode of proceeding. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2
But we shall find abundance of patriotic declamation, cutting invective, and querulous complaint. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845
He was growing more and more querulous and discontented from day to day. Black Forest Village Stories
"And what's the blame' boy up to now?" said Mr. Judkins, in an assumed tone of querulous displeasure, as he bent over the boy from behind and gently tweaked his ear. The Old Soldiers Story Poems and Prose Sketches
The clamour of comment and questioning which had broken loose when the curtain fell was waxing and gaining a high querulous note of impatience. The Destroying Angel
"There is one person," said a shrill, querulous voice, "I would rather see than all these—Don Quixote!" A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time
Changes in disposition are not uncommon: previously controlled persons sometimes become querulous and exacting, while excitable and irritable persons become more placid. American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick
This was an old man of rather querulous mien, who answered every remark and every question of Christina with "Yes, yes: right enough." Black Forest Village Stories
This exclusion of him heightened the misery he felt, and moved him also to a querulous impatience with the vicar of San Bartolo for being allowed to see her. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June
But again I heard my mother's voice breaking through in a querulous anger. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway
He saw him sitting up in his bunk in the sea, still clasping the large book and smoking the trumpet-shaped pipe, and indulging in a querulous explanation of his unusual behaviour. Command
I bore all the little vexations of my lot with a haughty reserve that entirely subdued every sign of a querulous nature, and seemed to say, "My time will come yet!" Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas
He quarrelled with his fortunes more and more, lost his energy, and became morose and querulous. Black Forest Village Stories
Through the thin plastic of my oxygen helmet, I heard a querulous "chip-chip-chip," which reminded me of the squeaking of an infant bat. Stamped Caution
The nose, quite a noble and aquiline affair once, was red at the end, and querulous, like the long lean chin and reedy neck. Captain Macedoine's Daughter
The man at the wheel said suddenly in a querulous tone: "I can't see to steer." Command
Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good fortune, Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing, Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms, Strong and content I travel the open road. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse
She had been awake so long that she was tired and querulous. Madge Morton's Trust
A querulous thought comes to the poet’s mind. Minor Poems by Milton
She once confessed, in a tone of querulous austerity, that she 'lived only for the child.' Captain Macedoine's Daughter
And in reply to a knock a slightly querulous voice intoned, "Come in, come in!" as though in infinite but weary patience with elementary intelligences. Command
Alarmed, Tom was about to crawl out and help his friend to the corral when Hank's querulous complaint barely reached him. Bring Me His Ears
I note this fact, because it shows that the pessimism of Mr. Godkin’s later years was not due to a naturally querulous or despondent temperament. Studies in Contemporary Biography
But who can be querulous on such a day? Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)
O my good lad, my good lad," said the old crone in a low, querulous voice, "what a hideous word that was which you uttered. Weird Tales, Vol. II.
E. came next, a rich tradesman, Tory in grain, and an everlasting babbler on the strong side of politics; querulous, dictatorial, and with a peevish whine in his voice like a beaten schoolboy. Old and New London Volume I
The elder kept up a running series of remarks in the tone peculiar to the species, while the infant answered, at every pause, by a querulous single note in a higher key. Upon The Tree-Tops
The querulous why, and for what, still crossed my imagination; but I again  referred such busy doubts to ministers! A Morning's Walk from London to Kew
They can turn his petulant limitations and querulous prejudices into exquisite foibles, his despotisms into quaint impetuosity, his insensibility to human want and misery into mellow wisdom. Pot-Boilers
But just as his weary head fell back upon the pavement, and he seemed on the point of fainting, a hoarse and very querulous voice cried several times in succession, "Antonio, my dear Antonio." Weird Tales, Vol. II.
Still, she was a querulous, peevish woman by this time, poor girl, and her numerous olive-branches had been more than a stronger woman could have managed. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam.
She still had the oaks and some other querulous old fellows to visit: "Lie down nicely to sleep now in the ground," she said to the anemones. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories
“There is one person,” said a shrill, querulous voice, “I would rather see than all these—Don Quixote!” Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature
His frame shattered by the whole train of hypochondriacal symptoms, there was nothing to cheer the querulous author, who with half the consciousness of genius, lived neglected and unpatronised. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3
Prosperity mended her querulous mood and made her too busy to remember the grievances of earlier days. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time
“O! give you away!” repeated Herrick with weary, querulous scorn. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston
Where she had meant to be maternally peremptory she became querulous. Coquette
No sound is heard, but occasionally the dismal cry of disappointed cat, the querulous voice of the watchman, and the echo of the rumbling hubbub of Oxford Street. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1.
Records of querulous but delightful feelings! whose subjects spontaneously offered themselves from passing incidents; they still perpetuate emotions which will interest the young poet and the young lover of taste. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3
Only now there was querulous insistence in the voice—the insistence of the sick person who calls upon some one who has proved unfailing in the performance of the tasks of the sick-room. Mystery Ranch
Even the matter of the Edinburgh visit was first broached at 76 table, and it chanced that Mrs. Henry was that day ailing and querulous. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25)
And then with something almost querulous in his voice, he repeated, "My dear, I want you to marry me and I want now nothing else in the world." The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman
She had a voice the most querulous I have ever heard, and with this she produced a whole regiment of difficulties and criticisms. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25)
"Yes, it is me," he said, in a querulous tone; "there is no one else so little in the house; of course it is me." A Country Gentleman and his Family
‘Want to get up?’ sounded a voice, in the true coachman-like-tone—half querulous, half authoritative.  Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest
The mind of Cowley was beautiful, but a querulous tenderness in his nature breathes not only through his works, but influenced his habits and his views of human affairs. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors
She was sallow, thin, and rather querulous in temperament. Clark's Field
When the Orioles first arrive the males are in the majority; they sit in the spruces calling by the hour, with lonely querulous notes. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 6 June, 1897
“Then hurry up!” he ordered in the old querulous drawl. The Missourian
The tone was half laughing and half querulous. Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists
A querulous little cry reached her from the bath chair, drawn up on the promenade. Berenice
The moans of pain, the querulous replies to nurses, the weary cough or plethoric breathing, the feeble convalescent laughter,—these greeted me; and only these. The Gates Between
The hale and hearty drop off, but the invalid, querulous, weak, and hysterical, survives into a remote future, and having become a great grandmother, fades out of existence in the possession of all her faculties. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 12, 1890
When the feeble, querulous mother died, Romarino was fifteen years of age. Skipper Worse
His gray hair was thinning in front, and his sharp querulous face was seamed in frowning pattern about the eyes. The Rustler of Wind River
Simon had been unusually querulous even for him—and he could be very trying at times. The Monk of Hambleton
They went the even tenor of their way, however, while the poor self-made invalid at Hope Terrace grew more querulous and exacting. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart
He was a querulous, ill-natured man, ever in a broil. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series
Then she heard her husband's voice; he was speaking with Samuel Rocliffe, his nephew; and it struck her as never before, how harsh, how querulous was his intonation. The Broom-Squire
But he was querulous and irascible nowadays, and Lady Webling begged her not to excite him, for she was afraid of a paralysis. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards
Most of them became querulous at times, apt to speak loudly of intolerable wrongs or of ill-doings of neighbors across the dark hallways. The Peace of Roaring River
She was of medium height, and possibly had not been handsome in her palmy days; but she challenged one's respect for a true and honorable womanhood, and an old age neither inane, querulous, nor servile. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart
Suddenly he was a changeling, a being querulous and pitiful, needing indulgence and sacrifices. The Passionate Friends
His tone of feeling too frequently suggests that the critic represents the querulous comments of old ladies gossiping about the outside world over their tea-cups, easily scandalised by very simple things. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3)
I may linger on in this way for years, but I will never be anything but a querulous invalid. Money Magic A Novel
The noon train was sounding at the bend; from the ledge below them Blazing Star sent up a querulous whinny. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country
The querulous tones of the aged Bishop eddied the brooding silence within the Cathedral. Carmen Ariza
He had silenced the querulous Forget-Not, was waking the echoes with the same thunders that had nerved France to resist the foe. Orphans of the Storm
Half-a-dozen of his best Essays give expression to this mood, which is rather bitter than querulous. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3)
In sheer desperation at last I pulled the cover over my ears in an effort to shut out her thin, querulous tones. The Romance of a Plain Man
He sat down among his friends almost portentously, adjusted his spectacles, and peered over them in his usual manner, half way between a querulous oldster and a reproachful schoolmaster. McIlvaine's Star
“Has Miss Brooks come yet?” asked a thin, querulous voice. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love
Here a permanent fog seemed to hang under the roof; only a few lights twinkled frugally; and the querulous voice of the programme-seller punctuated the monotonous torrent of feet. Tante
His boasts have a shrill, querulous note in them. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3)
The old wound still ached sometimes, it was easy to see; and because of his age and his growing infirmities, he found it harder to keep back the querulous complaints that rose to his lips. The Romance of a Plain Man
But he was not hungry, neither was he querulous. The Shepherd of the North
In a voice rendered unusually shrill and querulous by vexation at having her rest broken, she demanded who it was thus disturbing the slumbers of the sisterhood. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846
He was in one of his most querulous moods, ill-disposed to believe in any good thing coming to him. A Singer from the Sea
We are tempted to become querulous or to lap ourselves in indifference. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3)
To devote herself to social activity will be the best antidote against the peevish, querulous or sorrowful moods which so easily take possession of the aged woman. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study
Monotonously, exasperatingly, one querulous voice sent a fretful question through the bewildered speeches of the women ... Changing Winds A Novel
I look, Eusebius, upon this ode as a real consolation to your lovers of an ambiguous and querulous age. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846
Shall we men and citizens, each of us a pillar upholding the crowning dome of our nationality, be taught, like vexed and querulous children, the impotence of personal abuse? Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
“It would be too provincial, my dear; too provincial!” interrupted the querulous voice of the old lady. The Strollers
Their opponents have the flabbiness and the lack of self-reliance resulting from seven hundred years of whining and querulous complaint. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule
His voice was a little sharper than he intended, a little more querulous than he had meant it to be. Decision
I had thought him disposed to be querulous and captious, and had heard his apparent discontent attributed to jealous repining at the success of his poetical contemporaries. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850.
As a rule, Waynefleet’s expression was discontented and querulous, but for the time being his manner was gracious. The Greater Power
“François!” piped a shrill and querulous treble from above, dispelling the servant’s conjectures. The Strollers
You are among a people who have the instincts of achievement, of enterprise, of invention, of command, who depend upon themselves, who shift for themselves, and believe in self-help rather than in querulous complaint. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule
A lonesome note crept into the querulous voice. Once to Every Man
But the children had no awe of the gambler, and their protests were many and querulous. The Twins of Suffering Creek
She might grow discontented, he fancied, and perhaps a trifle bitter, though he could not imagine her becoming querulous. The Greater Power
The face looked older, perhaps sadder, more like that of her brother, and yet less querulous, more womanly, better and more loveable. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862
For the moment, however, Mr. Mix was querulous rather than defensive. Rope
"You are getting shoppy, George," said my uncle, in as near an approach to a querulous tone as I have heard from him. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences
He had left her in a state of nervous collapse, an ignoble, querulous breakdown, due, he had to explain to himself, to her nature, delicately strung. The Prisoner
He was tall, but his spareness suggested fragility, and his face, which emphasized this impression, had a hint of querulous discontent in it. The Greater Power
His illness was long, but borne with a mild and cheerful fortitude, without the least mixture of anything irritable or querulous, agreeably to the placid and even tenor of his whole life. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
Millicent's face was pallid, there was a certain weariness in her eyes, and on the whole, her expression was languidly querulous. Thurston of Orchard Valley
And why must age, querulous and coward both, Past days lamenting, fear not less that stroke Which makes an end of grief? Legends of the Saxon Saints
While the colonel had bewailed his own limitations a querulous discontent had ivoried his face. The Prisoner
Ignácz Goldstein's querulous voice was heard in the other room, giving fussy directions to his daughter about the collecting and packing up of his things. A Bride of the Plains
Then The McMurrough sprang to his feet, his querulous face flushed with rage, his arm raised. The Wild Geese
Old Man Curry was talking to himself, his voice querulous and complaining. Old Man Curry Race Track Stories
Like the engine my frock somehow seemed to mis-fire, For Reginald's manner was querulous, But after some fuss with the near hind-wheel tyre We were off at a pace that was perilous. Mr. Punch Awheel The Humours of Motoring and Cycling
His accents are almost querulous as he complains of historical predecessors for their blindness to what in plain truth we have always supposed that they discerned quite as clearly as he discerns it himself. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 9: The Expansion of England
Gerhardt was for having them repaired, but Lester answered the old man's querulous inquiry as to what was wrong "with them shoes" by saying that they weren't comfortable any more. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel
His eyes dropped in shame, the muttered "What the plague will you be wanting at this hour?" was no more than a querulous whisper. The Wild Geese
She was passing Hewlet's house now, when a woman's voice, high, whiney and querulous, floated out to her. Sunlight Patch
She suffered no pain and was never made querulous by her infirmities. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice
Meanwhile the logs were gathering swiftly behind, ramming down and solidifying the whole structure, and damming back the flood till its heavy thunder diminished to the querulous rattling of a mill-race. The Backwoodsmen
Only the voice of the dying vicar spoke grey and querulous from behind. The Rainbow
Fancher and Gammons were feebler certainly, and a little more querulous with age, and their faded beards and rough hands gave pathetic evidence of the hard wear of wind and toil. A Son of the Middle Border
A booming at the gate, followed by querulous shouts, aroused him from his lethargy. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China
Yet he not only never lost heart, but, so far as I can discover, was never for a moment querulous or soured. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice
"Hit's past midnight now, Bas," he complained with a querulous note of anxiety in his words. The Roof Tree
"Well, what have I done?" he asked, in a rather querulous voice. The Rainbow
Some of the women I had known had withered into querulous and complaining spinsterhood, and I heard ambitious youth cursing the bondage of the farm. A Son of the Middle Border
He has sometimes been querulous with his Atticus. The Life of Cicero Volume II.
Ambrose was tired and a little querulous, and dragged heavily at his mother's hand. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney
Old Grandsire was querulous and hazy in his mind but his memory went back almost a century, and it clarified when near events were discarded and he spoke of remoter times. The Roof Tree
"I want you, Frances," called a rather querulous old voice. Frances Kane's Fortune
“You are going to decline!” she shrilled, in her high, querulous voice. What's-His-Name
From Laodicea he answers a querulous letter which his predecessor had written, complaining, among other things, that Cicero had failed to show him personal respect. The Life of Cicero Volume II.
Then she burst forth in querulous tones, seemingly as though she were addressing the girl and soliloquizing at the same time. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill
The querulous cries of the dog here and there showed that the scent had been lost where the negro had splashed through some pool. Heart of the Blue Ridge
She could see the querulous invalid in the sick chair, her face distorted with pain and impatience; she could feel the sticky dough in her fingers, and the heat from the stove rising round her. Turn About Eleanor
Jeff, who was sitting outside on a bench under the syringa bushes, could hear her querulous drawl and Judith’s quick, good-natured replies. The Comings of Cousin Ann
The wrath of these sick—and doubtless somewhat querulous and irrational men—was appeased by the removal of the "sillie" president. Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699
But now, from an adjoining room, the door of which was slightly ajar, there came unexpectedly a thin, querulous voice that startled him. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill
The querulous voice ceased, while he had recourse again to the stone jug. Heart of the Blue Ridge
He was a little querulous, spiteful child now, and I had possession of him. Hurricane Island
On the other hand I have met men of real ability engaged on military railway work, who remain quietly courteous and helpful even when beset by stupid, fussy, and querulous travellers. A Padre in France
Generally she managed to cajole her querulous companion into permitting her her own way, but prospects did not look very bright at present. 'Lizbeth of the Dale
"Isn't that oatmeal most ready, Bess?" came a querulous voice presently, from an adjoining room. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill
Amongst these the pheasant for its oriental plumage and the cockatoo for its querulous voice are remarkable as the largest. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula)
The old man dropped back into his querulous, peevish mood. The Scarlet Feather
There was in his voice something of the querulous appeal of a little child. Malcolm Sage, Detective
"Your papers on mathematics are quite hopeless," he continued, growing more querulous because his pity was aroused. 'Lizbeth of the Dale
Through all her letters now extant there runs a complaining, querulous strain which rather interferes with the admiration that would otherwise be excited by her talents, character, and fate. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution
He was rehearsing a well-known strain, but at the end there came up from the bushes underneath a querulous call. Birds in the Bush
Suddenly the groom, a kind of querulous shiver in his voice, spoke. It, and Other Stories
He was querulous sometimes and exacting as to his daughter’s care, and she rarely left him for a long time. David Fleming's Forgiveness
Their sleep lasted until late on in the following day, the sun being already low in the heavens when George was awakened by Walford with a querulous demand for food and drink. The Voyage of the Aurora
All day long in the elm, on their swaying perches swinging, New-fledged orioles utter their restless, querulous notes. A Bird-Lover in the West
She was exceedingly querulous over the coiling of her tresses into the crown that added so regally to the dignity of her bearing. Making People Happy
Lady Clifford's next speech, uttered in a querulous tone, was distinguishable, from which Esther concluded she had come closer to the window. Juggernaut
She had startled him from his afternoon’s sleep, and he was a little querulous and exacting, as was usual at such times. David Fleming's Forgiveness
To this Meliar-Ann made some response which I could not catch, but its effect was to make the voice—a woman's—break out in a string of querulous cursings. Merry-Garden and Other Stories
There was a note of querulous uneasiness there that somehow jarred with my remembrance of this man. Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories
She said: "My love" to everybody, talked in a piping voice, and played the child with the querulous languor of corpulent persons. Germinie Lacerteux
Well," he began, in a querulous tone, "it beats all creation how many things a feller has to work out at once! The Panchronicon
But his father’s first querulous words made it evident that he could not act upon it to-day. David Fleming's Forgiveness
‘Pawliney!’ called her father, in the querulous accents of one whose brain is weakening. A Princess in Calico
It proved to be short, and contained little beyond querulous upbraiding. Captain Desmond, V.C.
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