quarrelsome
Example Sentences
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They shared a house with relatives and were a loud, quarrelsome family.
From Los Angeles Times
With this whimsical, well-researched book, Borchert has done full justice to this forgotten literary achievement and the eccentric, often quarrelsome characters who created it.
From Washington Post
The biggest danger to leaders like Jansa and Orban, however, are signs that their quarrelsome opponents are finally getting their act together.
From Seattle Times
The group’s board included Morton Irvine Smith, scion of a quarrelsome California family that once owned much of the land on which Orange County was built.
From New York Times
“These admirably written pieces,” the critic Richard Schickel wrote in a review for the Los Angeles Times, “are marked by a generosity of spirit that never deteriorates into the quarrelsome.”
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
