| Nobody does shrewishness better than McEwan, who turns Sister Bridget into a crooning, purse-lipped avenger. |
| Leigh's Petruchio is too strong to fall for a woman who is blatantly manipulative rather than a match for his own true shrewishness. |
| We can be grateful that the women don't turn up in fat suits and housecoats — the wives are wiry blondes with addictions to shrewishness and Ritalin. |
| It is winter, and they believe cold weather is enough of a whip to tame the wildest of beasts and even the shrewishness of both Kate and Petruchio. |
| Obviously, Ms. Chen was also a good student, although she played Cui so gracefully and fetchingly that it was hard to take her shrewishness entirely seriously. |
| He begins a thorny flirtation with Tabitha, a young lady renowned for her shrewishness and her devious sense of humor. |
