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

A Federalist of light weight who had arrived at quarrelsomeness and an empty bottle put in a sudden oar.

From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary

To a natural waywardness and quarrelsomeness had been added a heritage of bitter memories, and the outlook was not bright.

From The Reign of Andrew Jackson by Ogg, Frederic Austin

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