cussedness

Example Sentences

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Flirting, we learn, is the most difficult skill to program, but adjusting for human cussedness must run a very close second.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2021

Mule-skinners found they couldn’t handle camels’ pure cussedness the way they managed mules.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2021

All season, the Nats have been defined by their resilience — but also by their cussedness.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2019

There’s a certain cussedness to my personality that means, as soon as someone says, “No, that’s not for you,” I absolutely have to know about it.

From National Geographic • Jan. 27, 2018

We thought it was plain old cussedness that kept him in that park, day after day, rain or shine.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman