Everything seems to be a compromise, he thought crossly.

And he wasn't being helpful, she thought crossly, not saying a word.

Only you, I thought crossly to myself, could work yourself up into being afraid of a lot of trees.

You would have thought it was a compliment, she thought crossly.

I shouldn't think about him at all, Ginny thought crossly.

That was another distraction she could do without, she thought crossly.

Probably on a hot-line to the world stock exchanges, she thought crossly.

It was about large enough to put out a cigarette, Richter thought crossly as he increased power and lifted off.

It didn't look, she thought crossly, as if she would even get a sight of the Duke.