be disagreeable
Example Sentences
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They are good at photocopying, but progress depends on a certain outlaw spirit; a willingness to be disagreeable.
From Golf Digest • Oct. 29, 2019
In the letter, Ms. O’Reilly’s lawyers wrote, “Of course, it is easy to understand why you and your advisers might have found our clients’ posts to be disagreeable.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2017
The culture of Northampton County politics has traditionally been to disagree as one might, but not to be disagreeable about it.
From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2017
"He's a fighter. He is against institutional structures. He has to get up every day and make something. He can be disagreeable in that sense that, well, he disagrees."
From The Verge • Dec. 16, 2015
James decided that this was most certainly not a time to be disagreeable, so he crossed the room to where the Centipede was sitting and knelt down beside him.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
