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querulous
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synonyms: jeremiad, querimony ???
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Definition:complaining in a whining manner
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"He is not a gentleman, Mother, and I hate the way he talks to me," said the girl, rising to her feet and going over to the window. "I don't know how we could manage without him," answered the elder woman querulously.
Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Sometimes he becomes querulous, at other times philosophical; or he wishes to explain things, justify himself.
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A whole nation seemed querulously to be headed the same way.
Sinclair Lewis. It Can't Happen Here
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I'm getting dreadfully fretful and querulous.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow Wallpaper (1892)
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He worked himself relentlessly into exhaustion before the long night was over and came down with a sniffle the next day that sent him hurrying querulously into the medical tent to have his temperature taken by Gus and Wes and to obtain mustard plaster and vaporizer.
Joseph Heller. Catch-22, p.260 (1961)
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Her tone was now querulous and her lip drawn up, giving her not a joyful, but an animal, squirrel-like expression.
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace
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Mr. Jaggers was querulous and angry with me for having "let it slip through my fingers,"
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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Nothing was stirring except a brindled, grey cat, which crept from the ashes, and saluted me with a querulous mew.
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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“I’m tired,” Larry said querulously.
Stephen King. The Stand (1990)
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