combativity

Example Sentences

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And the Dutchman revealed afterwards that he had embarked on the two-man expedition because team-mate Rickaert had a dream that he has now achieved after winning the day's combativity award.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

Whatever the motivation of the celebration, it was not the end of Messi's combativity.

From BBC • May 29, 2023

He added a second daily combativity award to his prize from Tuesday.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2020

Their new star has been dreadful and it could well be a return to sending guys in breaks for some TV time and the odd combativity prize.

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2018

Nor is it only in play that the connection between love and combativity may still be traced.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Ellis, Havelock