“Unfortunately, what was once irascibly ribald years ago is now so sedate as to be comatose.”

“How selfish he must think I am, she thought irascibly, tugging her long slender fingers through her hair to unravel the lacquered knots.”

“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.”