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- adjective
comparative form oftesty : moretesty
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Examples
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But in recent weeks Labour has begun to sense an opportunity to expose what it claims is his testier, less appealing side.
David Cameron's 'calm down, dear' tarnishes the new Tory brand 2011
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As I think you can discern from your conversations with me the last few years, I've been testier and a little more on edge as the volume surrounding what we do ramps up and the anger associated with politics rises.
Jason Salzman: An Interview with 9News' Adam Schrager Jason Salzman 2011
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On Sunday, Obama promised to make "midcourse corrections" to reinvigorate his embattled domestic agenda in the face of a testier American public and more combative Congress.
Obama's India Trip: President Greeted With Grandeur, Tough Questions The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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There were definitely days when I was way testier than she was.
Jeff Rivera: Talking with Back-Up Plan Director, Alan Poul 2010
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If times are even testier than usual, it is undoubtedly because the government itself is divided, with a Republican finishing a first term in the White House and the Democrats in control of Capitol Hill ...
Elections Past 2008
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On Sunday, Obama promised to make "midcourse corrections" to reinvigorate his embattled domestic agenda in the face of a testier American public and more combative Congress.
Obama's India Trip: President Greeted With Grandeur, Tough Questions The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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TIQUIPAYA, BOLIVIA -- Bolivian President Evo Morales seems testier today than when he told me during a 2007 interview, "For 500 years, we have had patience."
Planeta o Muerte -- Evo Morales and the Revolutionary Politics of Mother Earth 2010
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Maybe Teresa was testier than she might have been, if he hadn't been so ready to adapt the Mr. E-Book Know-it-all mantle, or than others would have been.
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TIQUIPAYA, BOLIVIA -- Bolivian President Evo Morales seems testier today than when he told me during a 2007 interview, "For 500 years, we have had patience."
Roberto Lovato: Planeta o Muerte -- Evo Morales and the Revolutionary Politics of Mother Earth 2010
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Sorry, Avram, I've stayed up too late, and I think it's making me sound testier than I mean to.
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