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

The family lives “seven in a two-bedroom in a fourth-floor walk-up with leaking pipes, flaking paint, inconsistent heat, quarrelsome neighbors, and a landlord who remembered them only when the rent was due.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2023

Stout and Slate, Whoresbane Umber, the quarrelsome Ryswells, Homwood men and Cerywn cousins, fat Lord Wyman Manderly... not one of them had known Ned Stark’s daughters half so well as he.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin