quarrelsome
Example Sentences
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But even adult monarchs, especially males, can get a bit quarrelsome when their territories are under threat, Dr. Green said.
From New York Times
Confronting anti-Blackness is a conversation that younger, well-meaning Latinos have pushed on their elders or conservative relatives all this summer, often to little or quarrelsome effect.
From Los Angeles Times
He enjoys walks, but sometimes it’s raining too hard, and he gets quarrelsome when he’s isolated in their two-bedroom apartment.
From Seattle Times
Place six, highly individual and equally quarrelsome men in a small kitchen, and it’s inevitable that they’re going to make a mess, literal and otherwise.
From New York Times
It has a political class ideologically quarrelsome but operationally united by a shared incentive arising from a shared understanding.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
