combativeness

Example Sentences

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Phrenologists divided the brain into 37 regions, each corresponding to a trait: combativeness, cautiousness, benevolence, individuality and so on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Up against England internationals Mason Mount and Mainoo, Wharton shone with his slick passing between the lines and combativeness in defence.

From BBC • May 6, 2024

Some of that combativeness may have softened as PCC moved to shed some of its costly operations.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

It’s the latest signal of organized labor’s resurgent combativeness across the nation from Detroit to Hollywood, including a willingness to head to the picket line.

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2023

My own speaking would sometimes take on an edge of combativeness.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson