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adjective

querulous

complaining in a petulant or whining manner

In a sentence

Six example sentences with querulous, each labelled with its topic.

  • The querulous neighbor in the opening scene complains about the hedge, the bins, and the volume of birdsong.

    Movies

  • A querulous passenger behind me spent the flight listing everything the airline had done wrong since boarding.

    Travel

  • My querulous uncle sent back the soup twice, first for salt and then for a temperature nobody else questioned.

    Cooking

  • The narrator's querulous aunt fills three chapters with grievances about draughts, servants, and the price of candles.

    Literature

  • The querulous coach spent the whole timeout complaining about the referees instead of drawing up a play.

    Basketball

  • A querulous backbencher rose for the fourth time to whine that his constituency had again been overlooked.

    Politics

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