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truculence

[truhk-yuh-luhns, troo-kyuh-] / ˈtrʌk jə ləns, ˈtru kjə- /




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That failure and the truculence that followed it cost him a lot of goodwill.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Musk reacted to McCormick’s ruling with characteristic truculence.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 31, 2024

Perhaps what the Panthers need is a few more bounces and a little less truculence.

From Washington Times Jun. 4, 2023

At an event in Rochester, N.H., later on Thursday, Mr. DeSantis flashed a hint of truculence after a reporter asked him about Mr. Trump’s claim that he could fix the country’s problems in six months.

From New York Times Jun. 1, 2023

His round white cap was cocked at an insolent tilt, his hands were clenched, and he glared at everything in the room with a scowl of injured truculence.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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