truculent

Example Sentences

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His truculent post-match press conference did him no favours.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023

In the show, Chao plays the truculent, egoistic chef Lucy Dang.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

It’s easy to dismiss self-proclaimed “refusers” as nostalgic hippies, snooty hipsters, or truculent kids.

From Slate • Jan. 1, 2023

Of course, this important nuance was lost on a truculent media, which received Ho’s decision with predictable disdain.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2022

Like him, you are tough, dark, vulnerable, moody—with a very definite tendency to sound truculent because you want no one to think you are soft.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin