fractiousness
Example Sentences
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Washington led a military expedition to suppress the insurrection, but his preferred solution to Western fractiousness was to establish bonds of common interest between east and west through industry and commerce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Of course, elements of this fractiousness have always existed.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
The roving handheld camera, wielded by the cinematographer Diego Tonorio, follows after her, bearing witness to all manner of family fractiousness along the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
France is hardly alone in feeling a certain civic fractiousness as it emerges, haltingly and uncertainly, into an uncomfortable new reality.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
