shrewishness

And he suspected that her nature tended toward shrewishness, which he, as a soldier who despised any pettishness, personally disliked.

In Gordath Wood: Writer Patrice Sarath » Lady Blackheart 2009

After Kitty Kelley's bio accused Nancy Reagan of greed, shrewishness and adultery with Frank Sinatra, Sinatra said he hoped Kelley walked in the path of "blind guys ... driving cars."

Black Or White 2008

My grounds are these: shrewishness, old age, bad manners, incompatibility, and extravagance.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

My grounds are these: shrewishness, old age, bad manners, incompatibility, and extravagance.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

On first entering the nuptial hut, the bridegroom draws forth his horsewhip and inflicts memorable chastisement upon the fair person of his bride, with the view of taming any lurking propensity to shrewishness. 23 This is carrying out with a will the Arab proverb,

First footsteps in East Africa 2003

On first entering the nuptial hut the bridegroom draws forth his horsewhip and inflicts chastisement upon his bride, with the view of taming any lurking propensity to shrewishness.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

As soon as the words left her mouth she heard their shrewishness and would have called them back if she could.

Mourn Not Your Dead Deborah Crombie 1996

As soon as the words left her mouth she heard their shrewishness and would have called them back if she could.

Mourn Not Your Dead Deborah Crombie 1996

As soon as the words left her mouth she heard their shrewishness and would have called them back if she could.

Mourn Not Your Dead Deborah Crombie 1996

" The woman screamed after him, her voice an odd mixture of fear and shrewishness, "Sheb, you come back here!

The Gunslinger King, Stephen, 1947- 1982