All 7 Uses of
pugnacious
in
Look Homeward, Angel
- That's what I said," Number 3 answered pugnaciously.†
Chpt 2pugnaciously = in a combative manner (as though ready to fight)
- They were of various sizes and ages, but they were all stamped with the print of haggling determination and a pugnacious closure of the mouth.†
Chpt 2 *pugnacious = quick to fight or argue
- I'll criticise him if I like," she said pugnaciously.†
Chpt 2pugnaciously = in a combative manner (as though ready to fight)
- She would wag her powerful head from side to side, pugnaciously emphatic.†
Chpt 2
- His face was courteously pugnacious, fierce, with large yellow bulging eyeballs, and several bulldog pleatings around the mouth.†
Chpt 3pugnacious = quick to fight or argue
- Sometimes he squired her clumsily through the town, to the movies, and later, with the uneasy pugnacity of youth, past the loafing cluster at Wood's.†
Chpt 3
- "What do you mean you look funny?" said Ben pugnaciously.†
Chpt 3pugnaciously = in a combative manner (as though ready to fight)