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Recent Examples of querulous One came across as a quiet, reserved, eloquent, thoughtful force of nature; the other as a boisterous, querulous, troublemaking and sometimes thoughtless and mean force of nature. Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022 Today those late, querulous paintings are counted among the most influential American artworks of the twentieth century. Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 14 Jan. 2021 Brian Frutiger’s edgy tenor perfectly suits the querulous Dr. Caius. Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2022 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. Jason Farago, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for querulous 
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Adjective
  • That iconic scene—which took place on the corner of 52nd and Lex—is from Billy Wilder’s 1955 comedy The Seven Year Itch, about a restless husband (Tom Ewell) ensorcelled by a neighboring blond (Monroe, of course).
    Vogue, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2025
  • His output is alluded to in the film’s atmospheric credit sequence, in which a restless, scratchy charcoal pencil attacks white paper, the claustrophobia of which is intensified by the director’s intimate use of Academy ratio.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • By the end, Liverpool’s players seemed tired and Klopp was irritable, clearly in need of a rest.
    Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The trio’s sixth record is charmingly irritable in both of its moods: hopped up on fluffy coffee while cracking baseball jokes, or dragging out downbeats and lamenting power structures to goad listeners with mounting anticipation.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Share [Findings] Marine biologists described the Red Sea’s grumpy dwarfgoby.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
  • These residents are forever loyal, even when grumpy, about their teams.
    CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The only people who can help Sara and Devin are Isaac (Taylor Kitsch), a grouchy mountain man, and Two Moons (Shawnee Pourier), a mute Shoshone girl fleeing her own violent past.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The fans who booed last week at Gillette Stadium seemed more grouchy than outraged.
    Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Some parents are nervous to send their kids back to the center, given the air quality concerns and its proximity to the burn area.
    Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Ellie is nervous, and so naturally, her dead lesbian aunt manifests as an unwanted spiritual gay guide.
    Sadie Collins, Them, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Since Musk acquired Twitter—and renamed it X—in 2022, users dissatisfied with his platform changes have explored alternatives, and his involvement in the 2024 presidential campaign has encouraged some to leave X altogether.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Over the past several decades, various forces have eroded physician autonomy, leaving many dissatisfied and burned out.
    Spencer Dorn, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This time, however, she is joined by a crew consisting of an enthusiastic young engineer, a crabby senior farmer and a history-preserving storyteller.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024
  • What Kate will not thank him for is being a big crabby baby about her relationship with Dennison.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024

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“Querulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/querulous. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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