How to Use testy in a Sentence

testy

adjective

• Despite the win, Self was in a testy mood after the game.
  — David Smale, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
• First, from the AP recap of the game: Things got testy with 3 1/2 minutes to go.
  — Sean Meagher, OregonLive.com, 16 Jan. 2018
• Hontzas, who is known to get testy with customers who try to save seats or leave the front door propped open, had to laugh.
  — Bob Carlton | [e-mail], al, 26 May 2022
• Seinfeld gets testy when a server tries to push the toast on him.
  — Madison Roberts, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2022
• Things turned a little testy at the end of the second period.
  — Pat Graham, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• From there his chip ran long and left, leaving a testy nine-footer to save par that didn’t drop.
  — USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022
• The sounds of booing were heard in the second quarter — that’s right, a testy and uneasy crowd just four games in.
  — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• Here's what to expect at a hearing that's likely to get testy.
  — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2021
• Naz Reid added 14 points off the bench for Minnesota in a matchup that turned testy early.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2022
• And Soffer took a pistol out of his pocket once and held it to his side when things got testy.
  — Byron Tate, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2020
• Don’t talk to me,’ and stuff can get testy in those situations. That’s the biggest thing.
  — Sam Amick, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2018
• As with the novels, the often testy Leaphorn/Chee relationship is the heart and soul of the series.
  — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023
• In their era, relationships among the hosts were testy.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 1 Apr. 2022
• The two will face off in the Nov. 6 general election in what is expected to be a testy race.
  — Phil Willon, latimes.com, 10 June 2018
• Sometimes, Lowry even gets testy with his teammates or coach.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2020
• The game got a little testy as the Irish picked up the intensity and the Hokies went cold on offense.
  — Mike Fitzpatrick, chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2018
• Things got a little testy in the bottom of the inning when Alcantara plunked Acuña on the hip with a fastball.
  — Kristie Rieken, Houston Chronicle, 6 Oct. 2020
• After six weeks of living in the same hotels, sharing the same meals, seeing the same faces, things can start to get a bit testy.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Aug. 2020
• Trump over-enunciates, fluffs the line, snarls ultra-whitely, tries again, fluffs it again, swats the lectern with a testy hand.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022
• Patrick Daley Thompson worked to make changes to the law and texted Lightfoot about it, leading to a testy exchange.
  — Gregory Pratt, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2021
• Things got a bit testy at the end of the first half, after Frogs forward Chuck O’Bannon was ejected because of a flagrant foul.
  — Dallas News, 17 Nov. 2022
• But that changed in the stretch of roughly one hour when there were four testy episodes involving players from both teams.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2021
• Congress had just overruled one of Bolsonaro’s vetoes in a testy back-and-forth over the budget.
  — Vincent Bevins, The New York Review of Books, 23 Mar. 2020
• Things have been testy between the Missouri and South Carolina teams all year.
  — Chuck Schilken, latimes.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• Near the end of the match, there was a testy exchange following a hard foul by Fragapane on the Timbers’ Diego Chara.
  — oregonlive, 21 Nov. 2021
• Sure Dark Hallway, the Observer’s testy body man, has always been a gruff, but his beard shows not an ounce of gray.
  — al, 26 Feb. 2023
• The back-and-forth has turned testy at times, and illustrates how heated the race has grown with just days to go before the Sept. 6 primary.
  — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022
• Three Democrats, including Trustee Mike Keys, called for the special meeting, which was testy at times.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2020
• August 14 through 16 looks especially testy for you, and could deliver the ultimatum from the universe that forces you to seek an alternate route around the roadblock.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 July 2024
• Tensions can run high on airplanes too, with testy passengers quibbling over limited and sometimes shared real estate.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 July 2024

Last Updated: 24 Nov 2024