| 单词 | shrewishness |
| 例句 | She was compounding in a cup a store of various liquids, which she said did cure shrewishness, and said she would pour some into her nurse's night-draught, to mend her of that disorder. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z She was young and lithe and strong; stronger than the women whom she permitted to badger her with incessant shrewishness. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z In her shrewishness she took such little heed that she tripped over a beam on the bridge, and down she went plump into the stream. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z In curdled disposition and shrewishness of tongue, she merited the title. The Law of Hemlock Mountain No seventeen-year-old child could make a man madder with love than you, a pervert, are making him, poor fellow, by your shrewishness. Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts An easy-going comfortable soul was Biddy, who with much shrewdness and only a trace of shrewishness got through this evil world as best she might. Strangers and Wayfarers Indeed! indeed!" she said gently, "I do deserve your contempt, Sir, for my shrewishness and vixenish ways. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days As time went on and developed the sweetness of Pete, the man grew more and more distasteful to her, and she broke into fits of shrewishness. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Mrs. Pansey is the embodiment of all shrewishness, and yields unlimited amusement. The Bishop's Secret Care and fear and shrewishness dropped like a mask from every face. The Promised Land For in that she said she would cast away all her old shrewishness, therein I daresay she sported. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens The second act begins with a scene between Katharine and her sister, which conclusively proves that the reports of the former's shrewishness have not exceeded the truth. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. My master looked at me with the shrewishness of an elephant. Lazarre If there are women who petulantly or sourly insist on more than this kind of harmony, it is probable that their system of divinity is little better than a special manifestation of shrewishness. On Compromise The weather had broken, and the sharp wind was almost autumnal in its shrewishness. The Mysterious Affair at Styles In the presence of one man, Tennyson, she laid aside her shrewishness: “talking with Alfred Tennyson lifts me out of the earth earthy; a visit to Farringford is like a retreat to the religious.” Biographical Study of A.W. Kinglake When he buys a touring-car for the greater comfort of their vagrant life, she is appalled by the cost and upbraids him with more than a touch of shrewishness. The Mountebank She was fed up with everything, the shrewishness of Mama Thérèse, the drunkenness of Papa Dupont, the hideous dullness of the café, the smell of food, the fumes of tobacco, the reek of wines. Red Masquerade On first entering the nuptial hut, the bridegroom draws forth his horsewhip and inflicts memorable chastisement upon the fair person of his bride, with the view of taming any lurking propensity to shrewishness. First Footsteps in East Africa On first entering the nuptial hut the bridegroom draws forth his horsewhip and inflicts chastisement upon his bride, with the view of taming any lurking propensity to shrewishness. The Life of Sir Richard Burton For the first time in their relationship he observed and deplored the taint of vulgarity, of shrewishness, in her manner. Scaramouche |
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