Example sentences for: testy

How can you use “testy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • No testy letter to the New Republic , nothing.

  • Corporate lawyers whose transactional work seldom takes them inside a live courtroom full of emotional, frightened civilians and testy judges may feel like fish out of water in the great sea of pro bono work: divorce and child custody issues, landlord-tenant suits, workers' compensation and Social Security claims.

  • In case you missed the Globe story, or Ted Koppel's uncharacteristically clumsy interrogation of McCain last night on Nightline , or the newspaper follow-ups today, here's what we know: In November, and again in December, McCain, in his capacity as chairman of the Senate Commerce committee, wrote testy letters to the FCC demanding swift action on Paxson Communications' proposed acquisition of a Pittsburgh TV station.

  • The South China Morning Post writes that at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the home government got very testy over visiting foreign officials' preoccupation with the arrest and trial of former Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim.

  • "A testy Alex Trebek lashes out at contestants for not knowing the year New Amsterdam became New York."


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