The club became fractious when the members discussed money matters. From LearnThat.org.
A fractious animal that would not submit to the harness. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
An incorrigibly fractious young man. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
There's an old joke about university faculty politics: the reason it gets so bitter and fractious is because there is so little at stake. From Wordnik.com. [The Lake Chapala Society] Reference
"The same qualities that enabled her to unify what some described as a fractious campus will serve the nation, and the Constitution, well.". From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
As a child myself, growing up in what would charitably be called a fractious household, Mr. Rogers consoled me on the hard stuff I was starting to learn. From Wordnik.com. [Linda Keenan: How Do I Tell Frank Mr. Rogers Is Dead?] Reference
The Tea Party movement that’s animating the GOP primary here, although fractious, is defined in large part by its deep hatred of the political establishment. From Wordnik.com. [POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: April 5, 2010] Reference
Tom was "fractious," as Roxy called it, and overbearing; Chambers was meek and docile. From Wordnik.com. [Pudd'nhead Wilson] Reference
Implying that Ma has worked hard to unify Taiwan's "fractious" groups when, in fact, he has not really tried to accommodate Taiwan-centric voters/politicians at all. From Wordnik.com. [Kuo Kuan-ying goes international] Reference
During what was described as a 'fractious' meeting, MPs criticised Brown for making his announcement on a YouTube broadcast last Tuesday without any reference to them. From Wordnik.com. [Trouble in the Labour Party over expenses] Reference
Those lower-profile achievements went beyond the "fractious" nature of politics and would be seen as significant legacies, Mr Garrett said. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
Calling the food safety system "fractious," he said the government needs automatic access to the internal inspection records of food producers. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
"Dolly got kind of fractious over his headstall when I was harnessin '. From Wordnik.com. [An Alabaster Box] Reference
'fractious' U.S. - China relationship, but equally, 'nor do U.S. allies want the U.S. to be a pushover.'. From Wordnik.com. [Enterprise Resilience Management Blog] Reference
Irritable; snappish; cranky; "my own mind translates" fractious "into an imagined more appropriate root verb: to fracture. From Wordnik.com. [Can America "Win" in an Age of Disunion] Reference
But a Livingstone administration is unlikely to be so fractious. From Wordnik.com. [Mayor Livingstone, As Presumed] Reference
Many of the early proposals were rejected after fractious debate. From Wordnik.com. ['Dances With Garbage'] Reference
As "Lure" makes clear, this fractious region gave artists plenty of material. From Wordnik.com. [Velvet Jackets With Turbans] Reference
Nepal A weak and fractious government has raised the likelihood of a Maoist takeover. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
White Kenyans have traditionally stayed out of the country's fractious, tribally divided politics. From Wordnik.com. [A Traitor To His Class?] Reference
The Italian campaign offered valuable experience in occupying a large, fractious, defeated country. From Wordnik.com. [How America Learned To Liberate] Reference
Many don't want to be dragged into the country's fractious politics -- including, ironically, Capt. From Wordnik.com. [Chavez's Military Maneuvers] Reference
In the process, he has rescued one of the world's most dangerous and fractious countries from collapse. From Wordnik.com. [Uribe’s Legacy] Reference
He's even offered Hamas membership in the Palestine Liberation Organization, already a fractious assembly. From Wordnik.com. [Staking Its Claim] Reference
Instead of having to plead with a fractious Congress at every turn, presidents can simply legislate by edict. From Wordnik.com. [Time to Say 'Enough'?] Reference
Softening those lines won't be easy in today's fractious media culture, even with a unifying spiritual appeal. From Wordnik.com. ['The Audacity of Hope'] Reference
Rather, the candidate is positioning himself as a centrist with a vision for uniting L. A.'s fractious multiethnic mix. From Wordnik.com. [WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN] Reference
His fictitious Columbus University is going to be a microcosm for America in all its fractious multicultural diversity. From Wordnik.com. [Boyz N The Quad] Reference
Afghanistan is a much bigger country — nearly the size of Texas — and has a larger population that's just as fractious. From Wordnik.com. [The Things We Need to Do Now] Reference
Not one to stand on symbolism, Barbosa has inserted himself into some of the most fractious issues facing Brazilian society. From Wordnik.com. [The Soul of a New Brazil] Reference
Dwight Eisenhower had led a fractious alliance -- you didn't tell Winston Churchill what to do -- in a massive, chaotic war. From Wordnik.com. [The Myth Of The Super-Ceo] Reference
Poor, hot, and fractious, Honduras — the original banana republic — rarely draws a second look from the global community. From Wordnik.com. [Feint Left] Reference
Some U.S. strategists had hoped that post-Saddam Iraq would replace the fractious Saudis as guarantor of the world's oil supply. From Wordnik.com. [Oiling The Relationship] Reference
He met last week with his fractious cabinet and army, trying to disabuse them of any expectation of foreign military intervention. From Wordnik.com. [The Strategy: Accept Defeat] Reference
And it may take an audience on the White House lawn to force the fractious parties to accept a map with fixed and firm boundaries. From Wordnik.com. [Now, Clinton's Choice] Reference
His nemesis, Labor leader Tony Blair, turned his party's often fractious annual conference in Blackpool into a virtual coronation. From Wordnik.com. [A Candidate For The '90S] Reference
Even Kirchner's notoriously fractious Peronist Party, which is the largest in Congress but lacks a majority, has unified around him. From Wordnik.com. [From Sap To Superhero] Reference
While the Atlanta team appeared in sync on and off the floor, the Sydney ensemble could be the most fractious family in American sports. From Wordnik.com. [Gymnastic Meltdown] Reference
The fractious Israeli Parliament now consists of 13 political parties, most of them representing narrow religious or ethnic constituencies. From Wordnik.com. [Whose Israel Is It?] Reference
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