Use "crotchety" in a sentence

1. All except for Kitty Cat, the eldest of our four, by now a crotchety old lady

2. the Supreme Court and nearly drowned the crotchety old men in their stately judicial

3. Crotchety then, they needled me even more

4. “So why don’t we instead engage the crotchety beasts---as allies? We will both pass through the so called ‘ring’, but we’ll do it one at a time, and each will choose a breed of dog to hasten himself and thwart his opponent

5. Stephanie’s howls were passionate and genuine; Grandpa’s crotchety old face was glowing

6. From well outside the room where the crotchety old junkyard dog was being kenneled, Stephanie could hear his fearsome barks

7. They could take care of the crotchety old fellow until the replacement arrived

8. The crotchety head scientist, half bent over from both age and the general distaste of his flesh for himself, huffed out, “This is the best you can come up with? Boil the egg until it’s past any ability to see what makes it special!” He screeched out at the last in high temper

9. was a crotchety old fellow in the primary stage of drink

10. As you get older and more crotchety, you’ll want more and more types of insurance to protect yourself from loss

11. Such a person, however, would be sure to be crotchety and hot-tempered enough to be easily offended