The fact that men are naturally quarrelsome is presumed to be an argument against such institutions as the League. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Norman Angell - Nobel Lecture] Reference
But, the court noted, the wife had also engaged in bad behavior (she was described as quarrelsome). From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
She said they got on "well enough" as house companions but that he'd become "quarrelsome" with drink, especially whiskey. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie] Reference
Because I am meddlesome, and harsh and quarrelsome?. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Lysias] Reference
Stern men of old were hard; now they are quarrelsome. From Wordnik.com. [The Sayings Of Confucius] Reference
One old couple in a booth seemed particularly quarrelsome. From Wordnik.com. [BEFORE THE NEBRASKA SEA] Reference
"Are not sticklebacks quarrelsome little fish?" asked Willy. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
He insisted in a low tone, in phrases concise and quarrelsome. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And besides, the quarrelsome herd will be punished soon enough!. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two] Reference
Indeed, there is a still greater punishment for a quarrelsome herd. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two] Reference
Well, these hunters try specially to catch a quarrelsome herd first!. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two] Reference
Others were obstinate or possessive, quarrelsome, rancorous, or selfish. From Wordnik.com. [Lea Lane: You Don't Have to Be Jewish to Need to Repent] Reference
Ruth Fielding was not namby-pamby, although she was far from quarrelsome. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
He was a good, clever fellow when sober, but very quarrelsome when drunk. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
Mill; but he was quarrelsome and Mr. Potter had declared he was not honest. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference
In fact, she hinted that it was good to be brave, but bad to be quarrelsome. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Dog Memoirs of Puss and the Captain] Reference
The Master said, A gentleman is firm, not quarrelsome; a friend, not a partisan. From Wordnik.com. [The Sayings Of Confucius] Reference
Their carping, quarrelsome attitude had taken all the pleasure from knowing them. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
This, said they, is the punishment of quarrelsome and disputing husbands and wives. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
Because quarrelsome herds kill or injure other wild elephants with whom they fight. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two] Reference
It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference
"What!" she exclaimed, "have you not yet had time to forget your quarrelsome cavalier?". From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
Such a one must naturally be of a quarrelsome disposition, and as solitary as the birds. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: A Treatise on Government] Reference
Schwartz and Hans were rich but very miserly; they were quarrelsome, drunken, and cruel. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature] Reference
Its tenants for life are a quarrelsome, ill-tempered, unruly set of creatures altogether. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Then that quarrelsome boy might meet a stronger boy some day -- and get a good thrashing!. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two] Reference
His father says the boy, James B. Wilson Jr., became inattentive, voluble and quarrelsome. From Wordnik.com. [Riding The Wave] Reference
A quarrelsome democracy that keeps moving backward, forward and sideways -- that they know. From Wordnik.com. [India Rising] Reference
As with quarrelsome families, some of the worst spats tend to erupt on special anniversaries. From Wordnik.com. [It's Not A Pretty Picture] Reference
His fellow officers heard how he had acted, and as he was a very quarrelsome man, they told me. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
"A quarrelsome defendant is more likely to start a quarrel," Judge Benjamin Cardozo wrote in 1930. From Wordnik.com. [Palm Beach Lessons] Reference
So they catch the quarrelsome herd first, before it can kill or injure many of the other elephants. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two] Reference
In fact, the more Valeria shouted and the more stones and chestnuts she cast, the more quarrelsome they became. From Wordnik.com. [The Paprika Ewer] Reference
Petulant, impatient, quarrelsome, they cannot be spoken to or touched without producing an explosion of ill-nature. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
It's simply impossible for me to 'belong' to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Rowe: Why Anne Rice Has Never Been More of a Christian] Reference
It's simply impossible for me to "belong" to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. From Wordnik.com. [John Shore: Anne Rice: 'I Quit Being a Christian!' Yaaaaawn.] Reference
The Yorubas of Lagos and the southwest have proved as quarrelsome as ever; their infighting last month killed Attorney General Bola Ige. From Wordnik.com. [Africa's Greatest Hope--And Danger] Reference
He could afford to be statesmanlike and embrace all of Spain's people -- from all of its sometimes quarrelsome regions, all of its parties. From Wordnik.com. [The New Faces Of Spain] Reference
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