How to Use cranky in a Sentence

cranky

adjective

• The left has already been cranky for two and a half years.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 4 June 2023
• The girl is cranky, confused and sad that her friends have gone home.
  — Jennifer Brookland, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2022
• But on Sunday, Brady and Rodgers looked old, creaky and cranky.
  — Mark Maske, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022
• Young children may get cranky in the afternoon and need a nap.
  — Julie Weed, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Not getting enough sleep can leave you miserable and cranky for the next day.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 21 June 2021
• Ports are crowded, consumers are cranky, and the glaciers are still melting.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
• They are linked through Finn, a cranky schoolteacher, who is Max’s younger brother and Lily’s ex-boyfriend.
  — Maggie Doherty, The New Republic, 16 June 2023
• Not that the saucy ball keychain will suffer in sales due to my cranky assessment of it.
  — Rachel Vorona Cote, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
• The majority of the world is having fun with it, outside all the cranky NFL fans that just don't want to see the Chiefs win.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• The cranky yankees who ran Concord weren’t likely to be spooked by outsiders’ threats.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Dec. 2022
• Our son was up in the night, seemed to have an upset stomach, and was generally cranky.
  — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
• The rub is that the joint was held together by duct tape and drug money, run by cranky employees who are set in their ways.
  — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 July 2022
• Boldin was the cranky perfectionist and the two craziest players on the team might have been both safeties, Pollard and Reed.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 1 Mar. 2022
• But the only thing more obnoxious than a cranky TSA agent or seatmate with bare feet is flying with a bad back.
  — Erica Sweeney, SELF, 26 Feb. 2024
• Sleepiness is one of the top reasons people get cranky with others, studies show.
  — Julia Ries, SELF, 20 Dec. 2023
• But with his electric leading the way, the music is cranky and clankety, and drummer Ralph Molina can still hit his kit hard.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2021
• Just to make the unlikely stuff even more so, Johnson is not completely healthy and has not been for a while because of a cranky right knee.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2021
• Green is famous for whipping himself into shape just before the playoffs, but cranky spines have a way of sapping the fiercest of wills.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2022
• The whole company now gets the joy of confronting hungry and cranky people in their pajamas!
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 29 Dec. 2021
• Bernie Sanders is the gadfly uncle, cranky but authentic.
  — Time, 27 Oct. 2022
• Fury of the Gods was merely cranky at the box office this weekend, with a $30 million domestic opening.
  — Vulture, 19 Mar. 2023
• Occasionally cranky, the terrier was said to perk up with warm baths and good food.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2022
• Overly long meetings lead to tired and cranky attendees.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
• During the episode, Springsteen meets with David to talk about the cranky comedian’s activism in Atlanta.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024
• Darius Garland recently missed three games with a cranky back.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 13 Feb. 2022
• Despite the negative stereotypes, these guys seemed more like harmless, cranky uncles to me.
  — Curtis Chin, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2022
• Chris Sullivan is a surprise standout as Joe, a cranky addict who keeps relapsing—a schmuck with a streak of pathos.
  — Nick Paumgarte, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2021
• Dining early is better than later, for instance, and in cases where kids are cranky or hangry, adults should ask to have their food come out first.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• How about having to disarm that cranky Greek sponge diver who definitely didn’t want you on his boat?
  — Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• The two initiatives come as the city has been wracked by homelessness and drug use, and Breed faces a cranky electorate in her own reelection in November.
  — Nicholas Riccardi, The Denver Post, 29 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024