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Example sentences for: crotchety

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In person he is crotchety and condescending.
I am not some crotchety old fool.
And what could have possessed the movie-makers to cast the topmost of top bananas, Paul Newman, as Costner's dad--a crotchety, albeit caring, voice of wisdom?
But others find the film "beautifully crafted, intricately designed" (Eric Harrison, the Los Angeles Times ) and credit Samuel L. Jackson's outstanding performance as a crotchety and morally ambiguous violin appraiser.
I would have taken in good earnest the definitions of those entries that people usually quote for gratuitous pleasure but dismiss as crotchety.