pugnaciousness

Example Sentences

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So while the pugnaciousness of Spirit can feel anti-customer, there’s also something pious in the bad blood it’s willing to endure.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2024

Giuliani, a former U.S. attorney in Manhattan and the fusion Republican-Liberal candidate, conveyed the pugnaciousness of a law-and-order prosecutor.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2020

At times, Brockhampton’s m.c.s packed several songs into one track, summoning the raw pugnaciousness of Eminem before downshifting to folksy pop.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 2, 2019

The encounter, which highlighted her steely cool and his pugnaciousness, crystallized the passions of their followers. 

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2016

One evening the latter thought fit to twit him with his pugnaciousness.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.