termagant

Example Sentences

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It was someone laying down the law — without worrying that a man would label her a virago or harridan or termagant.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2019

As an astringent, tipsy termagant, she’s so hilarious, appalling and endearing that she could carry the production all by herself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2015

I appreciate this one because we so rarely hear what the groom ends up thinking when he watches his betrothed turn into a termagant.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2012

Her eldest son, Alec, returns home with his termagant wife when their house collapses.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2010

“Do you remember, you old termagant, how, forgetting myself and my position, last Tuesday I laughed when Peter Skelly told us what his baby said to his nurse?”

From The Dreamers A Club by Bangs, John Kendrick