How to Use crabby in a Sentence

crabby

adjective

• She gets crabby if she doesn't get enough sleep.
• A lot of people are crabby about the Olympics — even hostile to the Olympics.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 July 2021
• Watch the video to see the crabby toddler give her dad an adorable cold shoulder.
  — Sarah Scanlan, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
• The crabby scallop is kind of this invention of my own.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2022
• The edge of a coin provides an ample landscape for its crabby walk.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 26 May 2022
• This is the beginning of crab season, but don’t be crabby.
  — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 24 May 2017
• And the crabby snacks (finger food served by Quick’s own mother) offered on game day.
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 1 Feb. 2018
• Most questions were met with crabby three- and four-word non-answers.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 Aug. 2017
• And wouldn’t that just show her crabby old grandmother!
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
• In one cartoon, a crabby guy is shown holding beaker of liquid.
  — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2019
• Sure, there’s a plot: a mayoral race to rig, a friendship to repair, a crabby romance to kickstart.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2021
• What’s more, each has evolved crabby body plans multiple times.
  — Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022
• But crabby old baseball is having a nice, self-aware moment.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2018
• The musical, while meant to appeal to crabby commuters of all stripes, is not meant to vilify the T or its workers.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2021
• There was plenty to like and really nothing to irritate a crabby old guy and his friends.
  — Mark Savage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2017
• Gathering around a table to share a meal with friends can turn a crabby mood into a gift to appreciate.
  — Jennifer Angel, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Dec. 2015
• Oh no! Don't get crabby, but your summertime feasts may look a little different this year.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2021
• These classic little baits can work any time, but when it’s cold and smallmouths get really crabby, a hair jig can catch them when nothing else will.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 22 Apr. 2020
• This man was feeling crabby after dropping the engagement ring in the ocean mid-proposal.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 30 Nov. 2022
• The crabby old men at the controls were falling apart, physically and mentally.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2022
• Of course, there’s a classically Jets-y angle to this surprise start: some doomsdayish fans are crabby that the Jets are sabotaging their chances for the top draft pick.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2017
• While plastic pollution has longed plagued marine life, there's one species that isn't feeling so crabby upon seeing it.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
• There’s little new about the setup of the crabby older person forced together with a resistant youngster only to surmount their mutual disdain and form a life-changing bond.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
• A crabby patient will cheer up, making the patient more cooperative with hospital staff.
  — Lynn Thompson, The Seattle Times, 9 June 2017
• And at this late date, there is absolutely no point in trying to get the nation’s congenitally crabby reference librarians to crack a smile.
  — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
• In Semple’s depiction, Bernadette is more than just crabby and eloquently viper-tongued; she’s possessed by a sociopolitical bitterness, as well.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
• Responses on Twitter were similarly negative, with many users slamming Shaggy's lack of claws as the fan-favorite crabby crustacean.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2019
• The Cleveland Browns’ postseason drought grew from a crabby and cranky toddler into an exasperating adolescent.
  — Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2020
• Indeed, Giants general manager Dave Gettlemen became downright crabby when discussing the value of a quarterback compared to a running back, knowing the Barkley is special.
  — Andrew Brandt, SI.com, 1 May 2018
• That suspension of reality is what made The Bell such a genius brand activation and only a subpar hotel, at least for this crabby journalist with a tenuous relationship with the franchise (and fast food in general).
  — Mitchell Kuga, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024