quarrelsome

Example Sentences

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The move is risky, and it will be quarrelsome — especially for those who still see Zendaya as an idyllic Disney star, despite her respectable penchant for complicated characters.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Don't get me wrong, the tone of these discussions has always been quarrelsome and combative; more Lemme than Liszt.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Much of the reason the Ripa-Consuelos team has been successful on TV is that they are enthusiastic, quarrelsome in an amusing way, but also intense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 24, 2025

Chancellor Olaf Scholz plans to lay out how he and his quarrelsome governing coalition aim to fix things in a speech to parliament Tuesday.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

A battle raged between two titans: the professor Booker T. Washington and the brilliant, mercurial, and quarrelsome W. E. B. Du Bois.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson