ask crossly

Examples (20)

• "Why haven't you finished your homework?" the mother asked crossly.
• "Why are you so late?" he asked crossly.
• "What do you want now?" he asked crossly, not looking up from his book.
• "What do you want now?" she asks crossly, without looking up.
• When the children continued to make noise, she finally asked crossly, "Will you please be quiet?"
• The child kept whining until his mother finally asked crossly, "What is it?"
• "And just where do you think you've been?" his father asked crossly.
• "Haven't you finished that report yet?" the manager asked crossly.
• Disturbed from her nap, the old lady asked crossly who was at the door.
• I didn't mean to snap, but I asked crossly where my keys were.
• "Are we there yet?" the child asked crossly for the tenth time.
• When interrupted for the third time, the professor asked crossly if there were any more objections.
• He had asked her crossly why she was so late, which only made the situation worse.
• "Why did you have to ask so crossly?" she whispered after he hung up.
• If you interrupt him again, he will undoubtedly ask crossly what your problem is.
• The tired driver pulled over and asked a pedestrian crossly for directions.
• "Can't you read the sign?" the librarian asked crossly, pointing to the 'No Talking' rule.
• He asked crossly why no one had told him about the meeting change.
• "Whose turn is it to do the dishes?" Tom asked crossly, staring at the full sink.
• "Can't you see I'm busy?" she asked crossly when her phone rang again.