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In return, "the young woman of that day will refuse him because he has inherited a gene from his father which will predispose their children to quarrelsomeness".

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2014

Giap's quarrelsomeness has shown up in the long course of the war.

From Time Magazine Archive

The jealousy and the quarrelsomeness of authors, actors, and singers, result from the fact that praise has become so much the motive of their life that they grudge the applause awarded to their fellows.

From Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays by Titcomb, Timothy

On account of his reputation for quarrelsomeness men chose their words carefully when they spoke to him.

From A Man Four-Square by Raine, William MacLeod

To him enters a seedy but burly Stranger, in a state of muzzy affability, with an under-suggestion of quarrelsomeness.

From Mr. Punch's Railway Book by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir