truculent
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In response, three British warships were sent by William Douglas, the truculent British Columbia governor, also spoiling for a fight.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
Think Anton Newcombe, the Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman and truculent protagonist of “Dig!” or Josh Harris, the dot-com futurist profiled in “We Live in Public.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2023
He describes his co-star in The Piano, the American actor Harvey Keitel, as "truculent and difficult and a bit graceless".
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023
The statement also recited several vaguely truculent euphemisms.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2022
They waited for the D.I.’s wrath to descend upon them collectively, in a truculent visitation as though the whole platoon had sneezed together.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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