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Example sentences for "vixenish"

Lexicographically close words:
vivos; vivre; vivres; vivum; vix; vixit; vizard; vizards; vizcacha; vizierate
  1. And all I regret is," added the vixenish Spaniard, "that the bullet of my watchman did not end your villainous life.

  2. Cervera, with a vixenish light in her evil eyes.

  3. Whether the vixenish mare was sufficiently well acquainted with the tones of Tom's voice to comprehend his meaning, or whether she found it colder standing still than moving on, of course I can't say.

  4. I expect she is only an Anglicised Fräulein,' observed Jill, with a vixenish look.

  5. I am glad of it,' with a vixenish sharpness that surprised me.

  6. The deacon's wife grew sick, and the vile, vinegar-tongued, vixenish virago said that the deacon was an old brute.

  7. And so the vile, vixenish virago wished the cat was dead.

  8. Vixenish Mrs. Brown detected the weakness at once, and pounced upon it with avidity.

  9. She grows harder and more vixenish every day of her life.

  10. In a few days, or weeks at most, he should be at home; he should be at Lancaster Park; he should meet the girl his vixenish aunt had chosen for his future bride.

  11. With that expression of opinion, Mr. Vanstone whistled to his vixenish terrier; flourished his stick at the hall door in cheerful defiance of the rain; and set off through wind and weather for his morning walk.


  12. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vixenish" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    catty; fretful; nagging; peevish; petulant; querulous; resentful; shrewish