truculency
- a variation of truculence.
- a word derived from truculent.
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 Herrick, Robert
“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 Lang, Andrew
The truculency and the menace of that eye were gone.
From The Courage of Marge O'Doone by Ralph, Lester
The Frenchman's truculency seemed to vanish under Brett's cutting words.
From The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective by Tracy, Louis
Then he thrust out his jaw with a reawakened truculency, now aimed at her.
From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various
