| Yet for all her cantankerousness, the woman had fed her and given her a job, and for the first while a place to live. |
| Giving readings was seen as an embarrassment, and generations of German poets were proud to fumble around in sullen cantankerousness. |
| Baselitz has a reputation for cantankerousness, but the Halls' visit went well. |
| I know this makes me sound like a curmudgeon, but now that Andy Rooney has died I feel someone has to take up the mantle of cantankerousness. |
| What starts out as a humourous battle between cantankerousness and impatience grows into a touching story about friendship, honesty and caring. |
| It amuses primarily thanks to Newhook, largely because he plays his character with the lightest touch, investing Vallis with a believable cantankerousness. |
