10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STROPPILY»
Discover the use of
stroppily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
stroppily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Guardian's Forbidden Mistress (Mills & Boon Modern)
'Which you caused in the first place,' she pointed out stroppily. 'What are you
doing home, anyway? I thought you were going to a party at seven. It's not far off
that now.' 'Chloe forgot to tell me that it was black-tie. So I came home to change.
Lisa's chest rose and fell stroppily, but it was Steffi who broke the silence. 'Tell me
,' she said, her hands crossed at the fingers, her thumbs stroking each other with
approval, 'do you then have female geni~ tal mutilation in Palestine?' Chapter ...
Hehit me,' she said stroppily to Goldieas she began gathering up shallots that
had got overturned. But she was not stroppy inside. She wasafraid. They would
hunt her down and witha bloodthirst theywould take fromherthat lit taper of hope.
4
The Girl Who Came to Stay
She's embarrassed, and stroppily pushing awaymy napkin. 'People willlook.' '
What's your name?' 'Soyou finally gotround to asking. Well,Idon't thinkI'll tellyou
now. Guess.' Twocan playat childish games. Indeed the best games are thosein ...
5
The Blackmailed Bride (Mills & Boon Modern)
Kate felther guilty blush deepen. 'What a resourceful woman youare.... You still
haven't toldme what you're doing here.' 'Why shouldI? You haven'ttold me why
you're here andI'm pretty sure it'snot by invitation,' she murmured stroppily. 'Hush!
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Unsuitable for Adults Over 16 Years Old
said Eve, stroppily. “Well I'm almost full so I'll see you around I guess?” said Ishy,
starting to feel a tiny bit guilty. “Fine” said Eve, turning her back on Ishy. “Oh come
on, Eve, I'm sorry for deserting you, I just got over-excited about this new land, ...
7
Ruthless Seduction (Mills & Boon M&B): Pleasured in the ...
'I do my food shopping on a Wednesday,' she said stroppily when she felt herself
weakening. 'That's all right. I need to buy food, too. We can shop together, then
we can have lunch.' 'All the cold things will melt.' 'In that case, we can have an ...
8
Billionaire's Bride of Convenience
'The hamburger will have to wait, I'm afraid,' she said stroppily. 'I need to go have
a shower and get this salt water out of my hair.' 'Fine. Would you mind if I used the
bathroom first? It's been a long trip.' Kathryn took the key from under the ...
9
The Sleep of Reason: The James Bulger Case
When it was handed to her, the mother said, stroppily, well, do you want me to
read it? Walsh pointed out that she had not contacted the police until four days
after the incident. He suggested that if she had not heard the news of james
Bulger's ...
10
The Road to Greenham Common: Feminism and Anti-militarism in ...
She herself was always stroppily iconoclastic. She lost patience with the earnest
socialism of her parents' circle, and found the local cnd group boring: 'I'd go with
my dad to the last days of the cnd marches, but my parents never let me go on ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STROPPILY»
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stroppily is used in the context of the following news items.
A week without Wi-Fi? It's not as easy as it sounds
It's amazing how interesting arguments can get when you can't stroppily say, "Fine then - I'll just Google that", to find out if the other person is talking complete ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
Madness Pervades Stephen Merchant's West End Debut
Barmy unreason presents itself at every turn: whether it is Merchant stroppily chucking sandwiches about the hotel room in some characteristic bouts of lanky ... «Londonist, Jul 15»
Media Monkey's diary: Clara Amfo's brand aid, Mail girls, and The …
Doesn't mention the fact we bought 78,436 Mails”, @bbcpress stroppily countered. This tweet – which is said to have gone down badly at the tabloid, ironically ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
Media Monkey's Diary: Top Gear, Brian Cox, and Kay Burley
... students (evidently having no other sources of entertainment) will stroppily stomp out of their homes complaining they're left with nothing else to do but go to a ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
The Unbeatables
Older viewers may struggle slightly with the wonkiness and logical lapses in this tale of a foosball table that comes stroppily to life. Its fun-size players rush to the ... «TimeOutDubai.com, Apr 15»
Simon Reeve's Caribbean: journey three - Nicaragua to Jamaica
Not because of the crime that everyone warns you about, but because we were filming and Jamaicans can be stroppily camera-shy. Crack the outer shell and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
Cristiano Ronaldo's stroppy reaction as Gareth Bale ends goal drought
b) Throw your arm stroppily into the air before stomping back for the restart. The answer to that question evidently depends on whether you are Cristiano ... «Yahoo Eurosport UK, Mar 15»
Sexist aversion to Mauresmo is not only misdirected, it's boring
... he would not have acted so stroppily had it been Ivan Lendl, his previous coach, still sitting in the players box. This reaction is knee-jerk and faintly ridiculous. «Herald Scotland, Feb 15»
Andy Murray will keep improving despite losing in Australian Open …
In the end it was a bridge too far for Andy Murray in Melbourne – possibly even a bridge-and-a-half judging by that stroppily decelerating final set of the ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
Match Report: Darlington Mowden Park 14 Ealing Trailfinders 21
The first half ended with the Ealing hooker stroppily calling for a different ball to throw in. When his throw wasn't straight it brought much derision from the fans ... «The Northern Echo, Nov 14»
