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
But as Burckhardt says it was the drollery and playfulness, even the quarrelsomeness and stealth, and above all the lusty health and animal vigour of young life that was depicted.
From Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics by Archibald B. C. Alexander
Dashing pieces, rag-time pieces, marches, two-steps, and familiar tunes with variations, instead of bringing about a spirit of gentleness and harmony, actually tend to produce self-assertiveness and quarrelsomeness.
From Study of Child Life by Marion Foster Washburne
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 William Davenport Hulbert
