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

There is no action in this second and last act save that sprung of this stranger's entrance and quarrelsomeness, and his interruptions of an old, old man's story of what he knows of Peg's life.

From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Weygandt, Cornelius

Tia Picores, in despair at such everlasting quarrelsomeness, contented herself with a resigned invocation to heaven.

From Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore by Livingston, Arthur

"But, you have only the quarrelsomeness of the Apostle--nothing else," remarked Leona cheerfully.

From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)