quarrelsomeness

Example Sentences

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In return, "the young woman of that day will refuse him because he has inherited a gene from his father which will predispose their children to quarrelsomeness".

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2014

Giap's quarrelsomeness has shown up in the long course of the war.

From Time Magazine Archive

The next year it was his antlers that got him into trouble—his antlers and his quarrelsomeness.

From Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals by Hulbert, William Davenport

To him enters a seedy but burly Stranger, in a state of muzzy affability, with an under-suggestion of quarrelsomeness.

From Mr. Punch's Railway Book by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

Crabbedness of temper and quarrelsomeness were not grounds on which any portion of the people would count her a saint.

From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen