quarrelsome
Example Sentences
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But with no bill yet in hand — and Democratic support seemingly unattainable — some House Republicans have acknowledged in recent days that their quarrelsome majority is far from averting an emerging fiscal crisis.
From Washington Post
Democracy tends to be messy and often quarrelsome.
From Washington Post
Medusa’s decapitator, the Greek hero Perseus, becomes a useful idiot who acts out of ill-considered and selfish interests and succeeds only through the reluctant interventions of quarrelsome gods.
From Washington Post
Over the years, Ms. Lollobrigida had acquired a reputation as quarrelsome and demanding, a performer with insatiable vanity and unbridled desire for control over the set.
From Washington Post
Their slim House majority means party leaders will have to unite what has been a quarrelsome caucus to achieve much of anything.
From Reuters
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