- a variation of truculence.
truculency
Example Sentences
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"I don't know as I want to," the mason replied, with a touch of his former truculency.
From Clark's Field by Robert Herrick
"I nearly was," said Kerry, a faint spark of his old truculency lighting up the weary eyes.
From Dope by Sax Rohmer
"What are you doing on this property?" he demanded with a truculency that made me dislike him instantly and completely.
From In Jeopardy by Van Tassel Sutphen
“The general truculency of her attitude” seems to “threaten mischief to the inoffensive community” of Europe, and especially of England and Italy.
From Adventures Among Books by Andrew Lang
The truculency and the menace of that eye were gone.
From The Courage of Marge O'Doone by Lester Ralph
