Example Sentences

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The reaction from the woman, played by Susannah Perkins, who will turn out to be the play’s Antigone, is fiery: “Is it even about her?” she asks truculently.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

It was all part of a learning process whereby I eventually concluded that people who truculently parade their skepticism are actually the most gullible people on earth.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2024

As Fred and Lilli’s backstage relationship reopens old wounds, the anger between their characters, wife-taming Petruchio and truculently independent Kate, spins wildly out of control.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2019

A year later, and just as truculently, he wanted out.

From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2011

“You never trust me with information,” he whined truculently.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller