snappish in a sentence

Examples

1. Whatever the reason _ grief, shock, stress _ many of the railway workers had been snappish and rude all day.
2. In the Comets'locker room, Swoopes fends off questions about her shape and her return with snappish non-answers.
3. Cartlidge gives a bracing performance built largely on snappish remarks; her final display of a sentimental streak is welcome, indeed.
4. By turns evasive and defiant, Gates often would hesitate and scratch the back of his head before giving a snappish reply.
5. _A snappish 61 percent of survey respondents back legislation banning cellphone use in movies, restaurants, museums and other pubic places.
6. That, coupled with his often abrupt and snappish style, made him a highly controversial figure in Washington during the 1980's.
7. Against that backdrop we were given Ed Fiori, the embodiment of the word journeyman, a squat, snappish man on a mission.
8. He didn't have the snappish intellect of Lennon, the sex appeal of McCartney or the puppy-dog qualities of Ringo.
9. Modest Mouse, on the other hand, gallops through backwoods stomps and new-wave ballads and one snappish dance-punk track.
10. His health has affected his mood, making him a bit snappish and less likely to flash the smile that softened voters in Iowa.