| Unfortunately, what was once irascibly ribald years ago is now so sedate as to be comatose. |
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| How selfish he must think I am, she thought irascibly, tugging her long slender fingers through her hair to unravel the lacquered knots. |
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| In fact, my wife and I swear that when we are old and gray we shall move back to Paris and walk irascibly around with out irascible little dog. |
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| There's more chance then of a top dog being snapped at its customised boots by a mongrel that irascibly, annoyingly, insistently does not know its place. |
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| Only to sell them, I thought irascibly, but didn't pursue the obvious inconsistency. |
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| He capers irascibly around his paddock, putting up a hare, which darts nimbly out of reach of his hooves. |
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| Irascibly and only semi-officially, he had briefly fought in South Africa before being sent home. |
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