edgy with sb
Frequency: 6.55.8 per million words
behaving in a nervous or irritable way towards someone
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Examples (10)
- He was rather edgy with her that afternoon.
- She tends to get a bit edgy with her colleagues when a deadline is approaching.
- Why are you being so edgy with me today? Did I do something wrong?
- After the long flight, the tired traveler became edgy with the hotel staff.
- Try not to be so edgy with the children; they're just excited.
- He's been noticeably edgy with everyone since he heard the bad news.
- The manager seemed unusually edgy with the team during the morning meeting.
- If you keep questioning him, he'll just get more edgy with you.
- I noticed he was a little edgy with his parents, probably because of the exam stress.
- The suspect became increasingly edgy with the detectives during the interrogation.