Do not interrupt me," the steward crossly ordered his daughter.
McPherson raised his blood-shot, sleep-robbed eyes and staredcrossly toward the newcomer.
Ester glanced up as they entered the storeroom, and then went on cutting her cheese, but speaking in low, gentle tones: "I want to tell you two how sorry I am that I spoke so crossly and unkindly to you this morning.
Nor am I, Dorothy; not in the slightest degree, though I own that the knowledge that people are talking about us does irritate me; but certainly I did not mean to speak crossly to you, and am very sorry if I did so.
You have several times spoken quite crossly to me, and I am not in the habit of being spoken crossly to.
Crying," said Cherrie, quite as crossly as her sister.
The girl got up slowly and a little laboriously, stood there a moment, screwed up her face at the sunlight, looked crossly over at Billy, and wiped her big red hands on her white apron.
Throughout the day she had crossly refused all food, now she reflected that she must eat.
And he said it so crosslythat she knew there was not the least use in staying another minute.
No one but Colin himself knew what effect those crossly spoken childish words had on him.
With his knees raised almost to his chin, and his hands clasped round them, he is swaying to and fro like a Chinese idol and looking crossly at a sum book.
She sometimes spoke rather crossly to the younger ones, and it made them a very little afraid of her, but in her heart she was kind.
You must never do such a thing again," said Mrs. Grey, morecrossly than Pauline had ever heard her.
It's no good looking crossly at me," she said, when like a beautiful ghost Monica came into the dining-room.
If I have the money back again, I have not other things back again," crossly repeated Mr. Galloway.
Finally he spoke crossly to Lily over his newspaper.
Then she followed Harry into the parlor and began questioning him, standing over him, and now and then touching the yellow head of the child, who always shrank crossly at her touch.
As soon as he reached home again he seated himself crossly in the sofa-corner, and flapped at the flies.
There’s a brilliant young chap being ruined," he said crossly to his aide.
Pat was crosslywishing she'd stop--she'd been fussing there for ages!
He had privileges, too, and these increased as he willed because, from the mother down, not one of them could speak crossly to what little Dare called "the orphing dog.
It is a dangerous game," said Nanty crossly as she rose to go.
However, Catherine lingered, and as her purchases were made, Robert crossly supposed it must be all Rose's fault.
Well if it is'nt sent up tonight I shall make a row about it" replied Helen crossly "I cant bear keeping the silver for special occasions.
I only wished--especially since she had spoken crossly to me--that it had not been settled for Pierson to stay with us.
She grew impatient and discontented; she did her work less willingly, and answered crossly when her mother reproved her.
But at this juncture old Mrs. Layne, having started up from a nod, interposed to put a summary stop to the chatter, telling Arthur crossly that Mr. Duffham and the other doctor had forbid him to talk much.
In answer to Rostov's inquiry where he was going, he answered vaguely and crossly that he had some business.
The one who was writing and whom Boris addressed turned round crossly and told him Bolkonski was on duty and that he should go through the door on the left into the reception room if he wished to see him.
The children, remembering that their elders often spoke of the witches as old, first began to talk of such and such a woman who had looked at them crosslyor threatened to beat them with her staff when they played tricks upon her.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "crossly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
