pugnacity

Example Sentences

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I am not persuaded by this criticism—the idea that Jaffa’s famous pugnacity arose from his Straussian ideas rather than his personality strikes me as tendentious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

His famous pugnacity became trained more and more on members of his own party, and his own constituents, than on Republicans.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2024

Along the way, she showed flashes of the humor and pugnacity that have made her one of squash’s more forceful personalities.

From New York Times • May 4, 2022

“There was a wonderfully endearing pugnacity to Terry,” said Steven V. Roberts, a veteran Washington journalist who became friends with Mr. Lenzner while covering his college football exploits for the Harvard Crimson newspaper.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2020

They are better treated; there is a diminution of pugnacity.

From The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Angell, Norman