pugnaciously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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“If they want to have a debate on this issue, let’s do it,” López Obrador said pugnaciously.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Now, 40-odd years later, Alito was pugnaciously demanding to know whether Harvard had deceived his predecessor about the true nature of what it had been doing.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2022
A former rabbi from a long line of rabbis, Mr. Mason made comic capital as a Jew feeling his way — sometimes nervously, sometimes pugnaciously — through a perplexing gentile world.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2021
A former rabbi from a long line of rabbis, Mason made comic capital as a Jew feeling his way — sometimes nervously, sometimes pugnaciously — through a perplexing gentile world.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2021
His prosperous-looking belly that used to thrust out so pugnaciously and intimidate folks, sagged like a load suspended from his loins.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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