How To Use Crabbiness In A Sentence

Their failure is not simply one of crabbiness or rancour; it's a failure of imagination.
Perhaps that accounts for the relative crabbiness of my account? A Little Night Music
Only you, like I, have most likely developed some charming personality traits that soften our surliness, and compensate for our crabbiness, allowing us to better suffer those "fools" we do not suffer so gladly, and at the same time, rendering ourselves less obnoxious to others. Dr. Judith Rich: How to Love A Curmudgeon
Christmas is my season of rising goodwill, a time when I shed my carapace of crabbiness and embrace humanity.
Thus, the sense of plowing frozen ground with a toothpick, with attendant crises of confidence and crabbiness. Progress Report

Anticipatory exam dread and its accompanying crabbiness seem to have arrived exceptionally early this year.
That's probably the reason for all her crabbiness.
The best news is that it can also offer an antidote to adolescent crabbiness. Times, Sunday Times
But as a natural actor, Murray betrays the sincerity and sensitivity that's being shielded by the crabbiness.
She told me, For a long time, our mornings were awful -- lots of crabbiness and procrastination, me yelling at everyone to hurry up. Gretchen Rubin: 7 Tips for Keeping School Day Mornings Calm and Cheery
Upset stomachs, poor sleeping, crabbiness and bad moods were like a cloud over our house. What do we teach our kids? | Johnny B. Truant