asperity

There was more than a touch of asperity in the answer.

"The former is certainly true," she said with some asperity.

"I know nothing about you," she said with some asperity.

The voice, though still low, was touched by a new note of asperity.

"You could say you're happy to see me," she said with some asperity.

Typical man, she thought with a touch of asperity, and opened her eyes.

"Because you saw him," she said with a touch of asperity.

His voice held a new asperity as he said, "I have already done so.

"Shall we say there is a little touch of asperity now and then?"

"That's just the way it is," said the teacher with some asperity.

"More enormous than you perhaps think," said Morrison with some asperity.

"There most certainly are," Rachel informed him with some asperity.

His words were not heard but the hissing of the voice carried a certain asperity.

Lucy rose at once, responding to the asperity in my voice.

"Something," said the Major with asperity," has to turn up to take care of this situation!

"We've done very well so far," Kris said with some asperity.

"Then be so good as to find out," said the Commodore, with some asperity.

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"I did not come to speak of him," she replied, with asperity.

"All this is supposition," said the President with some asperity.

"I would not consider it," Gwen said, with some asperity.

He didn't quite succeed in keeping the asperity out of his voice.

"You know what I mean," said the Judge with some asperity.

Her father's voice was filled with asperity, "Get your bird out, girl!"

I tried to express my grief and sympathy, but he cut me short with some asperity.