| 单词 | truculent |
| 例句 | They waited for the D.I.’s wrath to descend upon them collectively, in a truculent visitation as though the whole platoon had sneezed together. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I own that such is not known; but that indeed, the scholars of the College believed the disease was caused by the inhalation of truculent animalcula. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Like him, you are tough, dark, vulnerable, moody—with a very definite tendency to sound truculent because you want no one to think you are soft. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Halleck was proving to be just as truculent as he had feared, and there were some amongst the black brothers whose hatred of the free folk was bone deep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The boldest and most truculent had been hanged, the rest put to work. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The decals glowed with a truculent orange in the dark. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the Negro and I were near enough to hear what he said but the policeman caught something in the tone and looked over with truculent eyes. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She arrived with suitcases, a green sack, a full-grown daughter, and a granddaughter, and found her brother truculent, inhospitable, embarrassed, and unforgiving. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He was still clutching the sword of Gryffindor, and wore a strange look: half truculent, half intrigued. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Like him, you are tough, dark, vulnerable, moody—with a very definite tendency to sound truculent because you want no one to think you are soft. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z And to Bran's astonishment, the truculent Umbers agreed to do as he commanded, though not without grumbling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then, he danced on the Ford’s roof, leaving footprints of steel in his truculent clog across the top of the car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But in terms of class warfare, Bulgy's doom has nothing on what's done to the truculent Troublesome Truck who refuses to learn his place during one of the later stories. The tyrannical world of Thomas the Tank Engine 2012-07-04T10:06:59Z “Rosbaud gave us a blueprint,” this ordinarily truculent Chicago Tribune critic wrote after hearing him lead Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.” He Was an Important Conductor. Also a Great One. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z What a hassle to get a truculent tsar to swallow his soup. Mariinsky Ballet’s ‘Little Humpbacked Horse’ is rowdy fun at Kennedy Center 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z “I couldn’t give less of sh*t,” Oliver said of the truculent candidate. John Oliver has a blast on “The Late Show” 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Zorro has outwitted avaricious governors, truculent men-at-arms and evil oligarchs trying to seize California’s riches and foment discord between Mexico and the United States. Zorro at 100: Why the original swashbuckler is still the quintessential American action hero 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Whatever his ostensible point, its inclusion here is a deplorably truculent demonstration of directorial prerogative. ‘Closeness’ Review: A Russian Kidnapping Drama Unsettles in Unexpected Ways 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z DC narrative is largely one created by and for the fans, but that doesn’t mean this year hasn’t seen an unusual escalation in truculent announcements of future plans from both of the companies. Marvel Vs. DC: 2014's Multi-Million Dollar Game of Chicken 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z But speaking to this charmingly truculent performer, it's hard to imagine what she would admit was a problem. Salome: straight outta Tehran 2011-01-04T22:30:01Z Will Snow White prove to be a truculent child out of The Bad Seed or The Omen or Orphan, unjustly fouling the reputation of a devoted stepmom? Mirror Mirror: A Snow White That Wants to Be Funny, and Isn't 2012-03-29T19:53:17Z He managed to get past the truculent border guards into Pakistan by drawing their portraits, and eased the difficulty of an out-of-date visa by sketching a government bigwig. I cycled from India to Europe for love 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Its dark and truculent mood is conversant with recent presentations of Warhol’s death-and-disaster paintings, but on the whole it’s less beholden to him. Art Review: ‘Sinister Pop’ at the Whitney 2012-11-25T22:37:12Z “Work It” is about two unemployed middle-aged men, one with a wife and children, and there is accordingly a more truculent undertone. The TV Watch: ?Are You There, Chelsea?? Enters Female Sitcom Fray 2012-01-10T21:08:56Z Jason is a buffoon who's been laid off from his job, while his truculent mate Shane is a social worker demoted after the death of a child. Red Bud ? review 2010-10-26T20:45:00Z There is a woman staring at Nina Hill in a truculent fashion, demanding her money back for the very boring book she purchased at the bookshop where Nina is employed. Review | In ‘The Bookish Life of Nina Hill,’ Abbi Waxman introduces a modern-day Elizabeth Bennet 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z But the title of this collection of 14 short stories hints at the general disposition of the tales — flinty, truculent, sardonic. 'Happiness is a Chemical in the Brain': down, out and confronting death 2012-06-06T21:18:09Z On the back of the vault's truculent sentry, a huge dragon, which clambers through underground passages to emerge in the counting room with the kids hanging on. Harry Potter: Hail and Farewell to a Hallowed Franchise 2011-07-10T05:45:00Z His narrators flash guns and toss off truculent threats. Chief Keef plays it cold on major-label debut 2012-12-17T14:40:56Z We encounter the novel not as a relic, encrusted with renown and analysis, much revered and much handled, but in all its freshness and truculent refusal of fiction’s tropes. A Playful Masterpiece That Expanded the Novel’s Possibilities 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z As Robert Jones’s turntable set revolves, we become acutely aware of “the maid from Lorraine” who is Joan as the lone woman amid a sea of mostly truculent or adversarial men. Review: ‘Art’ and ‘Saint Joan’ 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Indeed, the memoir — delivered in dry, often truculent prose — turns out to be mostly a predictable mix of spin, stonewalling, score settling and highly selective reminiscences. Books of The Times: Dick Cheney Tells His Side in Memoir ?In My Time? - Review 2011-08-25T21:28:58Z She stumbled into bagel consulting through her business partner, Frank Mauro, 81, a cheerfully truculent New Yorker who is a veteran salesman — and perhaps the industry’s best-known elder statesman — of bagel-making equipment. The Cradle of Global Bagel Baking? (It’s Not New York) 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z The film set my teeth on edge, but Hardy brings some of his trademarked truculent charisma. Tom Hardy's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Morris’s suggestion that they burn her letter is greeted by Zachariah at first with a playful rebuff, to be followed by a truculent resistance. Theater Review: ?Blood Knot,? by Athol Fugard, at Signature Theater 2012-02-17T03:00:00Z A young man is in reluctant and truculent lockdown with his dad, who becomes seriously ill. 'Can we do this without breaking the law?' Inside the first lockdown TV drama 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z I was unsettled by a recent software advert on TV in which a mother uses her computer to compose a lovely smiling family photograph, despite her truculent husband and unruly kids' refusal to pose together. If only weathermen were honest and said forecasts were just a bit of fun 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z But beyond grudgingly dishing out these ugly details, and keeping up a staunch front of truculent recalcitrance, Cody does not reveal any sympathetic dimensions. | 'High': Kathleen Turner in Matthew Lombardo Play in Hartford 2010-08-09T21:57:00Z "It's a challenge," said Filipino actor Karl Marx Reyes, who plays the role of a truculent village official. 'Amelia': Seattle Opera embraces challenge on a grand scale 2010-05-10T04:27:00Z He is “taciturn, prone to pedantry, conceited and cantankerous”; he is “ridiculous, truculent, old fashioned.” Review: In ‘The Great Swindle,’ Pierre Lemaitre Spins a Dark Postwar Tale 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Ms. Kazan has a similarly heavy hand in drawing the truculent Althea, who takes even the lightest remark as a provocation. | 'We Live Here: ?We Live Here? by Zoe Kazan at City Center - Review 2011-10-13T02:01:11Z This happened because he was also the best — the most eloquent, the most sharp-eyed and incisive, the most truculent and certainly the most robust. The Art of Being Critical: Robert Hughes (1938-2012) 2012-08-07T22:19:53Z There was a suspicion too that the truculent Stirling despised his donnish clients. Does Stirling work? 2011-04-01T23:05:23Z Despite the debacle in Iraq, the very same truculent impulses continue to linger in the Trump administration, which has been steadily pushing for regime change in Iran. Why the United States Invaded Iraq 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Right until the moment his life was extinguished, his art was truculent, bold, arresting and unassimilable. Review | This Native American artist should have been a household name. But he died at 31. 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z With Despicable Me 3 set for a 2017 release and Coffin again directing, the unstoppable rise of yellow fever shows little sign of waning, but resistance does exist in the shape of Coffin’s truculent father. Pierre Coffin: Me and my Minions 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z King has perhaps the toughest time trying to make Anna into something more than simply Hester’s increasingly truculent antagonist. When a 'City of Conversation' becomes a union divided: Political factions propel drama at the Wallis 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Had he come to prominence in the era when truculent, temperamental maestros ruled the roost, the conductor Wyn Morris, who has died at the age of 81, might have achieved far more than he did. Wyn Morris 2010-04-19T18:14:00Z In this telling, the construction flaws were minor and could have been easily and quickly repaired but for an overreaching, truculent condo board that dragged owners into a prolonged, expensive court battle. Condo wars: How a water leak turned into a $30 million lawsuit 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Often portrayed in print as a truculent or bad-tempered interviewee, Usher is today charming and lucid. Usher: 'The fans want my soul' 2010-04-29T20:30:00Z The gruesome fusion of German art and state propaganda steadily unfolded in the 1930s, its specter perhaps explaining why Orwell was so truculent in his 1936 claim that all art is propaganda. Propaganda is here to stay. Is there a museum willing to tackle its complexity? 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z This truculent antagonist had bedded affable dad figure Leland McKenzie in another superb twist, elbowed her way to becoming a partner, then turned round and sued the law firm for sexual discrimination. How Rosalind’s fatal lift plummet marked the death of LA Law 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The teachers just thought I was being my truculent self, so the protest went unnoticed. What the months of the year mean to me 2010-12-17T08:30:00Z Nearly everyone seems thwarted, and they respond with resignation, dissipation or truculent and empty gestures of rebellion. ‘The Wild Pear Tree’ Review: A Gambler and a Writer at Odds 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z A high court judge famously branded him as "devious, truculent and unreliable", and in interviews he has always appeared diffident, a touch arrogant and always uncomfortable. Big mouth strikes (once) again 2010-09-03T20:30:00Z Is he saying he was expecting northerners to be truculent? David Mitchell: Country dwellers moaning about high-speed trains is just selfish 2011-03-06T00:11:13Z From its truculent first movement on through the moto perpetuo scherzo, to the buoyant finale, Bringuier and the players conveyed the spirit as well as the letter of the music with easy assurance. Prom 36: BBCSO/Bringuier 2010-08-13T10:48:00Z With nearly 50,000 buyers every month, it's actually making a profit – largely because it's tart but not truculent, sympathetic but not sentimental, caustic rather than cosy. Simon Hoggart's week: how tickled we are, missus 2012-07-20T16:44:08Z Unabashedly provocative, more truculent than coherent, “Dragged Across Concrete” gives the impression of a man given to directing with a large chip on his shoulder. A Director Who Is Old School With a Vengeance 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z But the new version becomes as seductive and truculent as the original. Review: Gilberto Gil Brings Energy to Town Hall 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z There’s a tense confrontation with some truculent, dissatisfied fans in Berlin. Review: ‘Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire,’ Portrait of an Artist in Chaos 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z I'd heard the stories of a truculent, petulant man, and I heard the stories of the great compassionate man and he's all of those. Life imitating art 2010-04-16T07:22:00Z At one point Willie's agent-nephew, who pays a weekly visit to his truculent uncle in his hotel room, complains: "I always get chest pains on Wednesdays." The Sunshine Boys ? review 2012-05-17T22:02:01Z “That my mum died too young to see me turn from an ungrateful, truculent teenager into a person and father I hope she’d be proud of” What is your biggest regret? Here are people's devastatingly honest answers 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z The truculent trio are all using the same tired bingo card of victimization politics that Donald Trump keeps in his breast pocket. Column: Nury, Kevin and Gil turn to the most weak salsa excuse of all for their racist remarks 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z There were lawsuits, investigations, consent decrees and deputy “gangs” to contend with — not to mention repairing the discord sewn during the tenure of his truculent predecessor. Sheriff Robert Luna: ‘I'm going to be recognized as a sheriff who follows the law’ 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z He describes his co-star in The Piano, the American actor Harvey Keitel, as "truculent and difficult and a bit graceless". Sam Neill diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Such truculent behavior illustrates one hidden cost of the Ukraine war. Opinion | As war rages in Ukraine, the world is realigning. Exhibit A: North Korea. 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Of course, this important nuance was lost on a truculent media, which received Ho’s decision with predictable disdain. When someone defends the speech of friends and foes, listen 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z We track the daily collection of corpses and the truculent resistance to quarantine. Review: Orhan Pamuk's 'Nights of Plague' entangles an epidemic with a (fictional) revolution 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s truculent speech on Wednesday was his latest gambit to change the course of a conflict that is trending inevitably toward his country’s defeat. Opinion | Don’t let Putin bluff us. Russia is losing. 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The Soviet Union in the 1980s became more truculent as it became more anxious about its waning vitality compared with that of the West and the “Asian Tigers” — e.g., Opinion | Why China will become ever more dangerous as its baby bust worsens 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Once famous for its truculent landlord, the Coach & Horses — also named Norman’s, because of said landlord — may be Soho’s best place for a beer. On the London Tube, the start of a new Elizabethan age 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z According to the Guardian, the film — which also stars Mary Lynn Rajskub and Lea Thompson — has “truculent charm,” thanks to “two very good lead performers whose unexpected chemistry gradually makes this film likable.” New movies to stream this week: ‘Peace by Chocolate’ and more 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z The cast also features the great Mike Hagerty, who died May 5 after the filming of Season 1, as their beleaguered farmer father, as well as Mary Catherine Garrison as Sam’s truculent other sister Tricia. The stars of HBO's 'Somebody Somewhere' reveal how they mine dramedy gold 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z But there are moments when they expose the emotion driving them both to truculent extremes. Review: An oddly cast Martha and George expose fragility in Edward Albee’s shatterproof play 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z In a larger sense, though, Putin’s current offensive against Ukraine has been underway for a while now — through proxy forces, cyberwar, economic pressure and truculent diplomacy. Who needs an invasion? Putin's offensive against Ukraine has been underway for a long time 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Under his watch, it became one of the country’s best-known, and most truculent, media organizations. Hu Xijin, Head of ‘China’s Fox News,’ Says He’ll Retire 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z As leader of ASCA, the professional coaches' body, Leonard was the task force's most truculent voice. Troubled waters: USA Swimming's struggle to cover up its sexual abuse crisis 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z World leaders, even the truculent Russian President Vladimir Putin, seemed to buy into his framing of issues. Opinion | Biden should make his success abroad a platform for progress at home 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z In a truculent tone, Putin even defended his crackdown on nonviolent opposition figures like Navalny by saying he wanted to avoid an insurrection like the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. With Putin, Biden Tries to Forge a Bond of Self-Interest, Not Souls 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z It faces a truculent Kremlin in Moscow and the spectacular re-emergence of China as a great power. From vaccines to climate, G7 hopes to show the West is not over yet 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Patriotism understood as ethnic or racial solidarity disappears into truculent nationalism. Opinion | Our notions of patriotism are mistaken 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z DeJoy himself contributed to this impression with performances before congressional committees that were both defensive and truculent. Column: Remember Louis DeJoy? He's still in charge of the Postal Service, but why? 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Though praised for his native skills on the stage and in film, he could be truculent and foul-tempered. Christopher Plummer, Oscar-winning star of film and stage, dies at 91 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Secretariat in New York, he served as a leading mediator and diplomatic troubleshooter in some of the world’s most truculent conflict zones, including Congo, Cyprus, Kashmir, Namibia and the Middle East. Brian Urquhart, a foundational leader at the United Nations, dies at 101 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z Just a month on, Mr. Pompeo’s boss, President Trump, is now borrowing from Mr. Lukashenko’s playbook, joining a club of truculent leaders who, regardless of what voters decide, declare themselves the winners of elections. Trump’s Post-Election Tactics Put Him in Unsavory Company 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z "The ladies and gents who are armed and slightly truculent seem to have a little bit of badger in them," police said. Election results inspiring move to Canada? Use 'boat or aircraft,' urge Maine cops 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z Instead, the ugly reality was there for all to see: Trump was truculent, whiny and nasty, and Joe Biden was fine. Opinion | Reality Bursts the Trumpworld Bubble 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z With his cap pulled low across his forehead, Mr. Gibson had a menacing, truculent mound presence. Bob Gibson, intimidating Hall of Fame pitcher with a blazing fastball, dies at 84 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z He was a bare-knuckled literary provocateur — erudite, fearless, sometimes reckless, in the view of his critics — while reveling in his often truculent takedowns, often of works by other African American artists and intellectuals. Stanley Crouch, combative writer, intellectual and authority on jazz, dies at 74 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, Lukashenko is seen in Moscow as a truculent and erratic ally, with a strained personal relationship with President Vladimir Putin. Belarus opposition figures in court after night in jail 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Capitol’s Speaker’s Lobby, unmolested by the cancel culture’s enforcers, who probably admire his truculent spirit. Opinion | 127 years after his death, James Blaine had another bad day 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z That Wallace exuded the truculent, hateful aura that surely nourished the white terrorists who bombed a Birmingham black church, killing four little girls. Stop comparing Trump to the infamous racist George Wallace. It's unfair to Wallace | Samuel G Freedman 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z His grandiose personality defects — the blustering, mendacity and truculent solipsism — are made for “South Park,” not Sophocles. Oedipus Rex vs. President Trump: Leaders reveal themselves in times of plague 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The country's partners - both the EU and its occasionally truculent neighbours in the so-called Visegrad group - are undoubtedly curious. Europe's Mr Ordinary prepares for power 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Morrison's contract stipulated that he owed Bang Records exactly 36 songs; so the famously truculent star decided to record them all in one go. When record contracts go wrong 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z He was combative and truculent, challenging questions even before they were finished being asked. Combative and defiant, CIA psychologist reignites torture debate at 9/11 trial 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Everything Mr. Johnson says and does is calculated to advance the narrative that he has been forced — by an irresponsible Parliament, overreaching courts and truculent Europeans — into breaking his promise. Odds of a Brexit Deal Fade as Boris Johnson and Angela Merkel Clash 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z In Brussels, Sondland garnered a reputation for his truculent manner and fondness for the trappings of privilege. Holding Ukraine hostage: How the president and his allies, chasing 2020 ammunition, fanned a political storm 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z With the truculent personality of some physically strong, emotionally hypersensitive people, he swaggered into action by ladling molten lead into junctions of gallery walls and floors. Richard Serra Will Jolt You Awake 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z They don’t want the UK to remain in the EU, truculent and mutinous and in a limbo, and not wishing to co-operate in the way that they would like. Brexit: Boris Johnson denies his language incites violence - live news 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z That was the goal confounded by the Trump administration’s truculent fight with California, which was certain not to back down. Column: In climate deal with automakers, California finds solution to Trump: Ignore him 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z They embrace the counterintuitive - like the IronPigs, with whom they have been involved since 2008, when the team became the metallic, truculent hogs they are today. A baseball branding bonanza, and 2 guys helping it happen 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z On the eve of this game, Texas Tech Coach Chris Beard turned truculent for a moment when asked about how his team thrives by playing positionless basketball. Perspective | It took winning a national championship, but Virginia finally rewrites the narrative 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z “They’re tired of the embarrassment of what took place in Paris in the last few days. We cannot have a truculent child president. We need something serious.” John Kerry trashes Trump to British media: ‘We cannot have a truculent child president’ 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Kerry said: “People are tired of the embarrassment of what took place in Paris in the last few days. We cannot have a truculent child president. We need something serious.” John Kerry: US 'cannot afford truculent child president' 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z He was playfully truculent throughout his 20 minutes on the dais, and his purposeful succinctness drew snickers. Ryder Cup 2018: Dustin Johnson gives revealing interview...or not - Golf Digest 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Both targeted Mr McCluskey - who recently accused Jewish community leaders of "truculent hostility" towards the party - and Mr Serwotka, who was recorded suggesting that Israel "created" the row. Union chiefs 'trying to smear Jewish community' 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z And so the transformation of the Ducks from truculent to tempo-pushers began Friday, when training camp opened at Anaheim Ice. Ducks hope to make a quick transition to an up-tempo style of play 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z His legislative dominance was matched by a personality that was at times gallant and other times truculent toward presidents, congressional colleagues, military leaders, Capitol Hill and administration staffers, and reporters. John McCain has died of brain cancer, Vietnam War hero and senator was 81 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Her female characters, too downtrodden to play nice, are a truculent lot. For Pulitzer winner Martyna Majok, 'Queens' is the latest play shining a light into society's shadows 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The latter, in retrospect, grew fickle and scattershot, coarsened by mercenary cynicism, whereas McQueen stayed focussed and intent, and there was no calculation in the feelings that fed his truculent visual wit. “McQueen” Explores the Savage Talent of a Death-Haunted Designer 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z “Industrial language doesn’t bother me, but truculent aggression does,” Jardine wrote. Poulter denies allegation of verbal abuse at Scottish Open 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z But why treat the finger-painting of a truculent toddler as if it were a Picasso? Trump’s UK visit shames Theresa May. The protests must be huge | Matthew d’Ancona 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Nobody knows which president will show up — the truculent one railing about inadequate military spending by the allies or the boastful one taking credit for recent spending increases. As Summit Nears, NATO Allies Have One Main Worry: Trump 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z The US often points an accusing finger at alleged economic nationalism of other countries including China, but now, the reality is that Trump’s truculent nationalism is posing the biggest threat. China calls for calm as trade war fears grow – business live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Trudeau the elder, who had to deal with a bruised and truculent US during the 1970s, once said that Canada slept next to an elephant. Canada and America are cousins. We don't stab each other in the back | Margaret MacMillan 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The contours of the new, more truculent and hawkish Middle East strategy revealed themselves in May, with the transfer of the U.S. Donald Trump’s New World Order 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z In the truculent spirit of this era, they sicced the Colorado Civil Rights Commission on the baker. Opinion | There will be more wedding cake cases 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Today, it is running below 1.5 percent of GDP, and the United States is more truculent than ever toward China on trade. Opinion | Trump’s trade policy violates almost every strategic rule 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z And China is not merely contending with a truculent Mr Trump and his more hawkish economic advisers. A threatened trade war between China and America may be on hold 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The truculent and captivating tactics are faithful to the spirit of ACT UP’s campaigning work and Robin Campillo and Philippe Mangeot, the writers, were involved with the organisation in the 1990s. “120 BPM” is a passionate tribute to gay activism 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Inevitably, attention will focus on whether the president projects a commitment to internationalist values or reiterates his truculent nationalism in the name of making America “great again.” Opinion | Trump doesn’t deserve credit for all the economic good news 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z He has a famously truculent relationship with the news media and remained tight-lipped throughout the coalition negotiation process, leaving analysts guessing whom he would anoint as prime minister. Labour Set to Form Government After Combative New Zealand Election 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Worse, the audience set the tone for a debate that was more truculent than necessary and less enlightening than desirable. Opinion | Biggest Loser at New York Mayoral Debate? The Voters 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z His critics, however, accuse him of inciting murder in his frequent, truculent speeches. Philippine police chief says won't stop cops from seeking church sanctuary 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z In a few seconds, she goes from truculent teenager to broken child. 'Some days I think I was molested and others I'm sure it didn't happen': a controversial case of repressed memory 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z New York Times TV critic Walter Goodman called Mr. Hardy’s performance “a remarkable impersonation of Churchill, complete with the aggressive slouch, the slumping stride, the truculent lower lip, the use of spectacles for peering over.” Robert Hardy, actor in ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘All Creatures Great and Small,’ dies at 91 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Court footage catches the Backpage executives staring at senators, truculent and unbowed they yawn and look conspicuously at their watches before refusing to answer any questions. Small ads sex trafficking: the battle against Backpage 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z It was the early days of President Donald Trump's presidency, and experts were unsure how the famously truculent leader would confront the situation. How Otto Warmbier Made It Out Of North Korea 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z His critics, however, accuse him of inciting murder in his frequent, truculent speeches. Philippine police chief says won't stop cops from seeking church sanctuary 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z The Russian foreign ministry released a truculent statement ahead of Tillerson’s arrival noting that Russian-American relations were going through the “most difficult period since the end of the Cold War”. G7 rejects UK call for sanctions against Russia and Syria 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z But conversely, the agreement — otherwise known as the “1992 Consensus” — has allowed peaceful ties to flourish across a previously truculent Strait. Trump Shouldn’t Play Games with China Over Taiwan 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z In many ways, Xi faces a set of problems similar to those confronting then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s, including a slowing economy and a corrupt, truculent party opposed to reform. China’s president consolidates power at key meeting but still faces uphill battle 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z This is south-western Guyana, far away from the capital, Georgetown, and people here laugh off the claims of what they consider their truculent, acquisitive neighbour. South American rivals battle for 'Cinderella county' - BBC News 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Given the truculent nature of his supporters that may be true, but if he stands in the middle of the immigration debate and does a full, slow-motion flip, will that cause his support to flop? Trump's Slo-Mo Immigration Flip-Flop 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Christie told the delegates that he, a famously truculent former federal prosecutor, would present an indictment against Hillary Clinton, and they would get to judge whether she was guilty or innocent. Chris Christie: Human Tumult Machine 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z As he did, he suggested that the Angry Guy’s tone was surprisingly truculent. Fur Flies in Doggy Door Dispute 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z A truculent Trump told NBC Sunday that he might try to remove the speaker from his role as chairman of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July unless Ryan endorses him. Trump Hits Out at Clinton, Other Republicans 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z In the poems she writes for herself, Hirsi often tackles women’s issues in a voice that her friend Whittington describes as “honest, longing and truculent.” Street poet in Dallas winds words into images of love, hope 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z That truculent retreat handed responsibility for security in the Gulf and the Strait of Malacca to the United States. Global Trump 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z A truculent Mr. Castro responded to a serious question about political prisoners by asking , “What political prisoners?” The real test of Obama’s thaw with Cuba 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z China’s strategic position in the region is much weaker now than it was six years ago, before it embarked on its truculent and aggressive policies. China’s self-defeating provocations in the South China Sea 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z For all the independent, truculent reputation of the hills, the state’s population is concentrated in the southeastern part of the state, in the middle-class outer suburbs of Boston. John Kasich and the Fading Republican Establishment 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z In the West, it only reinforces Russia’s image as truculent and obstructive. Analysis: Russia’s tone familiar after spy poisoning report 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z If that truculent member across the English Channel says it wants to opt out of the single currency or the Schengen Treaty, let them. John Humphrys: Could the European Union really collapse? - BBC News 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Normally, his neck is sunk and truculent, and when he works to loosen his posture and open his affect, to focus and listen, the muscular mechanics are strained. Chris Christie, Drug Addiction, and the Politics of Despair 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Lady Gaga blazed a trail for truculent pop stars by treating her own celebrity as an evolving art project. Is Grimes Too Punk to Be a Pop Star? 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z She looked like an adult placing a truculent child on the naughty step and in doing so, she broadened her appeal to all women, not just the Republican GOP. The woman who stunned Trump into silence – and threw the race wide open 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z Trump distinguishes himself from the GOP field with a truculent brand of populism, protectionism and nativism. Trump, in Tennessee, downplays police brutality, promises to get rid of gangs 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Big, muscular, truculent, the future champ began his fighting career as a schoolyard bully. Ex-champ’s life experiences shave sermons 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z And they all have the exact same problem: Their path is being blocked by an especially large and truculent rat named Donald Trump. The greatest sh*t-show on Earth: The 2015 Republican presidential debates 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Such comments, it should be said, are most prevalent among those who have never led a party, who have never sought to persuade truculent, vacillating voters to back their side. Charles Kennedy: A political contact and a chum - BBC News 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Britain is a uniquely truculent and uneasy European partner, one that chose not to adopt the euro as its currency and that finds itself frequently at odds with Brussels. British Parliamentary Elections 2015 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Britain is today a uniquely truculent and uneasy European partner, one that chose not to adopt the euro as its currency and that finds itself frequently at odds with Brussels over issues like financial regulation. When Britain Goes to Vote, European Union May Feel the Results 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z However, the Night Wolves' truculent demeanor and ties with Putin alarmed many Poles already unsettled by Russia's backing of separatist rebels in Ukraine. Russian bikers: Poland's entry ban won't stop ride to Berlin 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The editorial actually claimed elect Gardner would “usher in a new era of bipartisanship”, that the Senate wouldn’t follow the House’s infantile, truculent lead and it would actually be “more productive.” GOP's Latest Tantrum Threatens Loretta Lynch Confirmation 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z That truculent tone is likely to continue until Ms Fernández steps down as president in December. The end of the affair? 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z And Darwell brings a truculent warmth to the film—one of the all-time great movie mothers. "We're the People:" John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath at 75 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z He is the personification of this august program: successful, arrogant, highly competitive and truculent. Harbaugh Going to Michigan Is Great News for Everybody but the 49ers The GOP hasn’t even taken control of the Senate yet and already the s-word is being bandied about in the more truculent quarters of the right. A Government Shutdown Over Obama's Immigration Actions? 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z But he also unnerved some other rights advocates, who feared he would attract a backlash with his truculent criticism of the party. Prominent Rights Lawyer Is Freed From Chinese Prison, His Brother Says 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z A general election is due next May and previously truculent MPs like Mr Jackson are rallying. Out of the mire 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Putin’s truculent zero-sum approach to life is more comprehensible after reading Clinton’s account. Clinton takes readers inside the meetings in ‘Hard Choices’ Josiane, whom she attacked for going to see her father, has grown into a truculent and outwardly self-confident young woman, twice the size of her mother. Rwanda 20 years on: the tragic testimony of the children of rape 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Mr Stewart’s plan to love-bomb the truculent Scots from safe English ground would make a useful addition to the prime minister’s efforts. The emotion card 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Democratise charm through the educational system and a truculent, dissatisfied population would become easy-going, yet ambitious. Should charm be taught in schools? 2014-03-13T01:19:47Z A long-lasting dispute with Moscow, experts said, would inevitably spill over into these other issues, transforming Russia from a truculent partner into a potentially disruptive force. Obama and Israeli Leader Hold Talks, With a New Mutual Concern in Ukraine 2014-03-04T02:17:09Z He's embarrassed to be confronted by his truculent teenage words, but it's clear that he still gets teary-eyed thinking back to the "magical music" he grew up with. The original Generation X 2014-03-01T01:19:22Z This combination of truculent threats and vague demands inadvertently recalls the hilarious line uttered by of Indiana during the October shutdown, exposing the folly of that whole enterprise. The GOP's Phony Debt-Ceiling Threats 2013-12-18T19:34:27Z It has also spared him the usefully humbling experience of having to beg a truculent city for its love. Lexington: Bye-bye, Bloomberg 2013-10-31T15:59:22Z Opinions on the youth of Generation Y, also known as “millennials”, are less surprising: good at tech stuff but truculent and a bit work-shy. Generations in the workplace: Winning the generation game 2013-09-26T15:05:59Z They might also communicate poorly, and unwittingly come across as truculent or confrontational. Lab life: Battle zone 2013-09-18T17:21:04.673Z Such calls for unity require us to “tell the United Nations’ Security Council” to stop the bloodshed, though they seem unaware that the truculent Russians might be pro-bloodshed. Which Side Are You On? 2013-09-04T10:28:00Z When President Obama last week claimed that Russian President Vladmir Putin carried himself with a “slouch” that made him resemble a truculent schoolboy, the Loop begged to differ. Holder’s travel companions 2013-08-15T23:34:25Z If there's one lesson we should learn from Europe's truculent story and our economic success over three centuries, it is that we thrive on competition. Why China is Britain's best bet for future prosperity 2013-06-01T23:06:01Z With agribusiness kicking in fully a fifth of Brazil’s $2.5 trillion gross domestic product, Abreu has been a backcountry evangelist, whose mission is to jolt this stodgy, often truculent constituency into a sophisticated lobbying machine. The Queen of the Cowboys 2013-04-29T08:45:00Z The other passenger is Rozie, a truculent soul who soon is haunted by her dead friend, whose face and stuttering speech materialize in other men she encounters. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘The Electric Baby,’ at Two River Theater Company 2013-04-27T01:35:41Z Downsizing rarely brings rows; even the more truculent unions are moving “in the right direction”. Organised labour: Unions, Inc. 2013-04-04T15:09:49Z In the hot seat opposite him -- more aptly "polar-opposite" him or, as Feherty might crack, "bipolar-opposite" him -- was Bobby Knight, once the most truculent of college basketball coaches, handy with both expletives and folding chairs. Scorecard From The Edge 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z Cantor’s speech was so different in tone from the truculent rhetoric that normally defines Washington politics that it even drew praise from a prominent Democrat. Republicans try a softer focus — on life issues 2013-02-06T00:20:30Z From a personal standpoint, I’m aggressive by nature and I’m truculent by nature. The Vince McMahon School of Productivity 2012-07-20T20:43:57Z In its truculent way London will again resist the hoopla, will try to rip off the tourists while complaining about them as we do so. Britain wins Olympic gold for moaning 2012-06-01T09:46:15Z Have not those from whom such truculent orders emanate a terrible account to render? The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z His feet and the most part of his thin legs were bare, his chest and arms were powerful, and he looked truculent. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z "What am I to do when I get there?" asked Frank, who could think of no way of escaping from this truculent, swaggering monster. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z The men employed in this perilous calling were a rough, bold, and intractable class, often as fierce and truculent as the Indians themselves. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z His truculent religious views appeared in a lurid light shortly after he became Archbishop, when he condemned two Arians to death for what he held to be “blasphemous heresy.” The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z In twenty minutes"—in a more truculent tone—"you will have to go upstairs and get ready for tea. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z The band by an unfortunate accident was playing truculent military music. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z He was a burly man, grim and truculent in appearance, and his follower was like him. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z "What are your suggestions?" inquired the nominal head from his chair, anxious to avoid a clash between the newcomer and the truculent master of them all. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z The remark of the Empress appealed to the truculent vanity of Courbet. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Only the Grand Vizier regarded him with a look of truculent indifference—it was his usual expression, and he knew no other. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z He carried a hide whip in one hand, and turned towards the veranda with a truculent laugh as he brought it down on his captive's quivering limbs. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z They issued a most truculent order to Ormond “to burn, kill, spoil, waste, destroy, the rebels, their relatives, houses and property.” Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History 2012-02-29T03:00:24.937Z Fly, the captain, like a truculent knave, refused to come into church, and on the way to execution bore himself with great bravado. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The truculent, bloody Saxon! who has left his track like a livid welt across our land, in altars polluted and laid low, pledges made and broken, a long trail of lust and rapine and crime.' My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Robert looked with displeasure at his truculent lieutenant. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z My calculations in the paragraph above assume an Iran that is truculent and hostile, but not irrational–and, I believe, this week’s puny attempts to respond to the death of its scientists confirm my assumption. The Terrorist Who Couldn't Bomb Straight: Has Iran's Retaliation Failed? 2012-02-14T19:05:20Z Doubtless the truculent and unlettered samurai could scarcely be expected to be logical. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The parliament, described by the New York Times as “powerful and truculent,” is the sole source of legislation in Kuwait. February Elections: The Global Campaigns to Watch This Month 2012-02-01T14:35:48Z This was all very shocking: the ill-mannered allusion to hoary locks, the rash oath never to marry Shane, the truculent bearing. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z They had worked tolerably well while Jefferson was about to watch them, but they had now apparently decided on another mode of behaviour, for the attitude of their leader was unmistakably truculent. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z One is again reminded of Mr Micawber, and of the sudden and unexpected glimpse of a better nature in his most truculent creditor, which was vouchsafed him when he got his discharge in bankruptcy. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z The parasites--braggart samurai, turbulent officers and soldiers, and truculent hangers-on--were quick to perceive a change with which they sympathised, and prompt to act upon it. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z When all was over some of the chiefs were presented to us, particularly the War Lord, who had laid by his truculent manners and was very smiling and amiable. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Another, and more important, advance is against the truculent Muntefik Arabs of the Euphrates delta.... The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z At every stroke of his strong black beak the cries of the sparrows shrilled louder; whenever he paused and looked around in his truculent contempt, their frenzied crescendos somewhat abated. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z His countenance was warlike and manly as his friends might terme it; but as his enemies said, truculent and fierce. The Lives of the III Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First 2012-01-08T03:00:21.027Z Landlord and maidens must be instantly released with full apologies, with substantial damages in the future, which should be extorted from the pay of the truculent and peccant braves. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z He had grown into a fat, truculent Prussian, and had married a pleasant American wife. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z If any effective replies are made, he will reply again and again, heedless of order, vehement, truculent, perhaps intemperate. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Reason and Instinct—the truculent logic of his uncle and the gentle, chivalrous spirit of his father—fought for mastery within him. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z As we approached, however, and saw their truculent faces, I had doubts as to whether we should pass them without bloodshed, and begged de Clermont in a low voice to prevent any such thing. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z The peasants, scared out of their wits by the truculent bearing of the soldiery, betook them to the woods, and lurked in hiding till the enemy had passed. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z And as for his wife she would have become as truculent as himself. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Take the inventory, Morgan'—to the man who had edged himself into the kitchen, and now put on a truculent air. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z But the Maori had got guns and powder, and were suspicious and truculent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z There was the light of contempt in the truculent eyes of Ginger. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z But while he thus reiterated some of his previous statements, the tone was far less truculent. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z He knew the Western hired man's independence, but he thought Bob truculent. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z He was the truculent official messenger of Mr. Pryse, and the paper he thrust into the widow's trembling hand was a formal 'notice of ejectment' from the farm! The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z Before I had had time to make up my mind whether to be truculent or pacific, there was a shout away on our left. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z He dipped his head into a basin of cold water and then sat in a truculent silence. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z He was tall and well made, evidently younger by some years than Ha'o, but his face was truculent and his eyes quick-glancing and shifty. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z He volunteered corroborations of the witnesses' most damaging statements; demanding in truculent tones to be told what was the meaning of all the fuss. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z By this time one could easily distinguish her directions to me by their truculent tone. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z A broad, genial, good-natured, truculent style of ventilating even heresies may not be repulsive to people of a conventional, believing turn; in fact, it is not, as we know. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z On them one sees the gallant Norman slaying the truculent Infidel—slaying them by dozens! Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The Dark Islands for the Dark Islanders was his aim and object in life at present, and this truculent savage on the hill there was keeping everything back. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z These were most truculent and disloyal in tone, demanding that slavery be permitted to exist in all the new states to be admitted, and instructing their senators to vote accordingly. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z Mr. Wilkinson was at his most morose and truculent. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z The man had a coarse, strong face, and his eyes were stern, but he was rather reserved than truculent. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z His mood was exasperated, truculent, passionately prejudiced, though there is much here of artistic insight and originality. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z For Ra'a remained in truculent retirement, and doggedly rejected all efforts at conciliation. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z The truculent Papists are the authors of all evil! Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z The lady herself waited upon me, and did so with a kindness and grace that was in strong contrast to her previous truculent looks. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z His glance was restless and he had a rather truculent air, though there was something in it that hinted at uneasiness. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z There in the doorway, ruddy and fair and truculent like some Viking out of time and place, stood the young pilot I had last seen at Aziziah. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z He was a truculent, swarthy fellow, with small sparkling eyes. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z He looked at her deprecatingly—for the first time it occurred to him that the Herr Commandant might have contented himself with locking up the truculent mayor, and letting the old priest alone. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z Wit—to be sure, and humor—truculent, sparkling—more than enough; for the rest, there is hypocrisy, pretension—beastliness—untruth—all pinned under a satinquilted cloak of vague and unreal piety. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z It was not in Sir Massingberd's nature to be overawed, but his truculent features no longer maintained their grimness—their cruel humour. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z The legend is that he was truculent and only became worse as the news media swarmed around him during his chase of the Babe. Sports of The Times: 50 Years Later, Maris?s 61-Homer Season Looks Even Better 2011-08-20T16:23:52Z His projecting cheek-bones and broad chin give him a truculent, ferocious air, with which his massive shoulders and enormous muscular development well agree. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z Be silent," sneered the Albino, with truculent courtesy, "you're wasting the honourable gentleman's time. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z "You don't mean that he—" Blanche had looked rather disgusted the moment before; now she was all truculent suspense and indignation. The Thousandth Woman 2011-08-15T02:00:25.383Z One thing I do know: the only way to defeat truculent bullies and extremist ideologues is to fight back, stand up, say no. The new era of hostage politics 2011-08-05T18:18:00Z "But you scourged them too?" demanded Jack Jaikes, lowering and truculent. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z N.B.A. superstars are in demand, and speculation abounds that they may be about to teach Commissioner David Stern and his truculent owners a lesson they will never forget. On Basketball: Heading Overseas in Name of Solidarity May Prove Divisive 2011-08-01T02:01:33Z Throughout his life, though gentle and kindly by nature, he was, when roused by what he looked upon as injustice or cowardice, a fierce and truculent Briton, ready to defy the whole world. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z Nevertheless the sailors stuck to their work, held the basket, took possession of the truculent a�rial vessel, and marched off with it under a galling fire. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z Oh, that was the sternest, Most truculent fight Ever fought in the sight Of innocent people, who shouted "Bravo!" Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z With one hand on the holster at his hip, he looked undoubtedly truculent. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z Forth strode the truculent doctor, an uncanny figure, all asway with drunken rage. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z He resented the other’s truculent bearing, and intended to let him know it. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z Beyond the truculent biped, are the indistinct faces of several persons looking over a wall, and underneath the whole is pencilled the legend: “Cornered—or Brute Force versus Intellect.” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z There appeared in the Beehive certain very truculent political papers—papers very like the tracts in the Tinker's bag. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z I suppose they were calling to some person in the house, for the shouts were quickly followed by the entry of a young fellow of athletic build and truculent countenance. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z The novelty of the situation, the strange smells, and an indefinable fear of that truculent crowd of armed men, kept all my senses at highest tension. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z There was a truculent defiance in his eyes, a furious scowl in the drawn brows. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z There was the pause of an instant; then she had her answer in a tone of truculent contempt: "Ah, wha's the matter with you, anyhow?" Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The bearer was no longer “Ali Khan,” the swashbuckler, but a white-robed domestic, though no change of attire could rob him of the truculent aspect that was the gift of nature. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z The truculent youth darted forward, but suddenly came to a dead stop, with a face as white as a sheet. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z Vicious as the captain looked, he was utterly helpless to inaugurate a reign of terror on board, for he had no truculent set of officers to back him. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z He had one foot bandaged, and hobbled toward Ruth and her companions with rather a truculent air. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z It even amused him to quell a too-ambitious stare with a fixed, grim, and truculent regard backed by the menace of his powerful physique. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z His quick ear had detected a knocking without, above the truculent pitch of Mrs. Conroy's voice. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z He appeared to be a truculent old ruffian. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z What she had thought, what she might have said if she had not thus been surprised into silence, was something in her usual truculent vein, with a very decided declaration of sympathy with Lily's choice. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z She did not like Opal's tone, which was both uncompromising and truculent. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z "You must be so proud," she trilled, and she became quite truculent when I told her I felt nothing but shame. The Problem with Princes 2011-04-29T17:20:00Z The truculent porter knocked at the door, and entered this room respectfully. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Before Osborne could reply, Clay glanced again at his watch and resumed his usual somewhat truculent manner. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z He was in a truculent mood now, impatient to be gone, prompted even now to go, restrained only by the cooler counsel of common sense. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z It needed only for the Star Chamber to endorse the foregone decree; which was done by its truculent judges without any delay, and with as little noise or ceremony. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z He was a man about thirty-five, of a savage truculent countenance. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Gabriel slowly slid his hand under Mr. Hamlin's helpless back, and under pretext of arranging his bandages, lifted him in his arms like a truculent babe. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Instead, they were assayed with taunts and derisive cries, some even getting kick or cuff as they ran the gauntlet between the lines of their truculent enemies. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z It is probable," continued the Jesuit, "that the Convention will not confine itself to packing to the guillotine Robespierre, St. Just, Couthon, Lebas, and the other leaders of this truculent party of virtue. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z Laud had his list, and Strafford also—that noble but truculent tool of a tyrant—who ended his life by becoming himself a state prisoner—the most distinguished of all. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Everywhere we encountered crowds of truculent working fellows, dressed in blouses, and armed with muskets, who were pressing towards the Boulevards. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z For there was a truculent soul who sat in the council and interpolated brusque questions. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z The foolish, the careless, and the truculent, can no longer avowedly declare the cries and groans of the miserable multitude to be seditious discontent; nor ascribe their sufferings to the results of retributive justice. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z It was only one of the thousand falsehoods propagated by the truculent scribblers of this unprincipled journal; and for which they may some day be called to account. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z A debauched, ill-favoured, bloated specimen of mortality, the lines of intemperance were deeply graven on his truculent visage, which was at once cunning, sinister, and forbidding. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Mr. Trafford's exordium vanished from his mind, he was at a loss for words until spurred to speech by Mr. Pope's almost truculent: "Well?" Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Moreover, he was a truculent propagandist, an “individualist with strong elbows.” Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z The Great Lady responded by shaking her whip at me in a decidedly truculent manner. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z He was what might be called truculent, as some of the best of them are. Here and Hereafter 2011-02-07T03:00:23.580Z Our place on the coach was shared with a Scot, who was the most truculent defender of the Free Kirk I have ever met. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z He is either a puling infant or a tough, exceedingly truculent little ogre of uncertain age and habit. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z The lady was truculent and openly suspicious; the two men were narrow-eyed, hostile. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z The fount of my felicity indulged in a glower that can only be described as truculent, but her flutelike tones had a little piping thrill that softened its effect considerably. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Spinelessness and uncertainty would give way to spunk, and a promptitude of truculent reprisal worthy of the palmiest days of his commercial pre-eminence would ensue. Half-Hours with the Idiot 2011-01-22T03:00:18.853Z And he went on in a truculent tone, "And I need not have her unless I want to." A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z They were for the most part big and very brown, and they walked with a truculent swagger and regarded the world through humorously insolent eyes. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z The men of the war party became truculent in their bearing, and matters were in a ferment throughout the nation. Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z I give you his words; his truculent looks I can't give you. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Steinbrenner's truculent, the-boss-always-right style, created epic clashes with his own managers and players, not the least of which was Billy Martin, whom he dumped as manager five times. George Steinbrenner, 1930-2010: Was The Boss Good for Baseball? 2010-07-13T16:25:00Z Its paramount concern regarding North Korea is to preserve stability, more than to punish it for truculent behavior or persuade it to give up its nuclear weapons. Memo From Seoul: China Gains Influence in Korean Affairs as North and South Warily Seek Its Help 2010-04-29T04:20:00Z It just happened that Parliament proved to be the most unhelpful, truculent and obstructive. Heather Brooke and The Silent State: 'Let's end the UK's culture of secrecy' 2010-04-17T23:08:00Z After years of footing the bills for successive Euro-crises, Germany is in a truculent mood. This week's top stories [19 February 2010] 2010-02-19T14:07:00Z I rather wished to see this truculent old wizard. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z When we are admitted to the secret tribunal on the Palatine, after Domitian has paid his devotion to Athene, we have before us a cruel, stealthy despot, as timid as he is brutally truculent. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius "Fi'pun note!" he repeated, relapsing into his now chronic state of truculent grievance. A Poached Peerage The mild face seemed to cower behind the truculent moustache; the eyes, bright and bloodshot, winced when one met them. Witching Hill Placing her arms akimbo—an attitude usually denoting truculent defiance or a pleasurable sense of injustice—she pronounced her lodger's name. The Gay Adventure A Romance “What does this signify?” he demanded in a voice of truculent indignation. The Key to Yesterday The registration officers, who had so far had their way, were openly truculent. The Tempering "They came on at the charge," he roared, never relaxing his truculent glare at his listener; "one in front, one on each flank——" "That's right," whispered Lalage. A Poached Peerage Now that I had her truculent husband under my thumb, for I held exposure over him like the sword of Damocles, I was free to see as much of her as I chose. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec He appears to have been a Tungan, and he certainly was a truculent and self-confident potentate. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Since 1898 the country has been opened, and from being the most lawless and truculent of people the Bariba have become singularly amenable and law-abiding. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" Evidently, the truculent visitor was not himself, and there was no virtue in quarrelling with a temporary madman. The Tempering Back in the darkness he fancied he could see the truculent eyes glaring through the bars of the helmet. A Poached Peerage They were therefore not intimidated when Rudolph, vacillating as ever, suddenly assumed a most truculent attitude. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" "Well, I am," Turkey said, his tone suddenly truculent. The Land of Strong Men "I think the rascal is listening to us," said Coconnas, who, as a true son of Piedmont, was very truculent, and could not forgive the proprietor of La Belle �toile his rude reception of them. Marguerite de Valois One vestige of satisfaction remained to him; that of a truculent exit and of it he meant to avail himself. The Tempering "Milord Quorn will do so—or lay himself open to the consequences," he insisted, with a truculent nod of command. A Poached Peerage In the midst of this gorgeous company stood a short, stoutish gentleman, his booted legs wide apart, his sun-burned face nearly as red as his weatherbeaten service coat, a little man with a truculent eye. Our Admirable Betty A Romance He had gone there in his most truculent mood. Hard Pressed "I declare for the edict," exclaimed with energy the truculent Naso. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs "Where's this here fly guy at?" demanded the truculent leader of the invasion, and others used fouler expletives. The Tempering "I've not seen the man I'm after, unless I see him before me now," Mr. Leo proceeded, waxing truculent. A Poached Peerage Here were Doctor Emery, Mrs. Emery and Harry, the latter armed with a truculent brown and white banner; nearby was Mr. Buckman acting as squire to a group of ladies from the town. The Crimson Sweater Little boys along Hillhouse Avenue, ordinarily well-behaved, turned freakishly truculent, delighted in combat, and pummelled each other with ineffective fists. The Book of Susan A Novel Diocletian and his truculent son-in-law, Galerius, were bigoted pagans, and the mother of the latter was a fanatical worshipper of the goddess Cybele. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs But his brow was corrugated in a frown of discontent, and his pale blue eyes were almost truculent. The Tempering The existence of a truculent race on our borders who imagined that they were beyond the reach of our displeasure was a source of great political danger. The Unveiling of Lhasa There was no mistaking that truculent, aggressive air of a man who knows his own mind, and is determined that every one else shall know it too. John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall Maltby, after their departure, continued truculent, and having no one else to rough-house decided to rough-house me. The Book of Susan A Novel "What do they know about it any more than any of us?" interrupted the truculent Naso, to whom ethical themes were by no means familiar or welcome. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs "Who told you?" demanded Phyllis Tressider, in such a truculent tone that the new girl retreated yet farther into her cubicle. Just Gerry "Ah! the master?" replied those truculent sentinels: "please to wait, and you will receive an answer." The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second But "honour" is an ambiguous word, meaning everything, from a scrupulous regard to national obligations freely entered upon to a mere truculent bellicosity. American World Policies Naked, armed with long guns, and with deer and wild boars slung on their backs, their aspect was the most truculent of any people we had seen. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. He had been a successful soldier, or rather butcher, in the Pannonian wars, and was promoted to his bad eminence of office on account of his truculent severity. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs The new girl gave an uncontrollable recoil and looked apprehensively towards her new friend, who, however, appeared wholly unconcerned at Phyllis's truculent attitude. Just Gerry Roger lit a cigarette and threw the match away with a truculent gesture. Thirty He was so genial as to be nearly truculent. Helena Brett's Career Lawrence was dealt with by a truculent, red-faced man who asked him minute questions about the wanderings of the Phoc�ans. Years of Plenty "Why not," asked Burdo, the butcher, a truculent looking fellow with a great knife in a sheath at his girdle. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs My truculent friend Lieutenant Medina came in early with Walker, to whom he seemed to have much to say on the side. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois The two white men felt perfectly sick, but to display signs of any such weakness would be as impolitic as any display of weakness in the presence of these fierce and truculent savages. Haviland's Chum Not a man among those clans of fierce and truculent barbarians but hated his cousin with a hatred begotten of years of friction. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Thus these bold tribesmen have every inducement to become more and more truculent the further removed they are from the Khalifa's supervision. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 In his statement as to the accusation of the Empress before his tribunal, Naso, after his manner, took counsel of his truculent desires rather than of his cool reason. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs However that may have been, the last of my successes of the evening still farther infuriated the truculent Medina. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Madame Quéro rose to her full height and braved the brutal and truculent Prince. The Intriguers There were those who were then sitting on the verge of a volcano—a mere handful in the midst of a vast, teeming population of fierce and truculent savages. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Jody Weir checked his horse and regarded Dines with a truculent stare. Stepsons of Light No wonder the publishers are frightened; the combination of their timidity, of truculent Puritanism and of a reluctantly vigilant police makes it almost impossible to publish a sincere work. A Novelist on Novels The horses were brought round saddled, and, mounting, they started, a kind of instinct moving them to outmanoeuvre each attempt of their truculent summoners to bring up the rear. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland In his heart he had a little sympathy for this truculent Ambassador, brute as he was, who was going to his doom, the victim of an iron and despotic Government. The Intriguers Labor daily grows more truculent, so there is no knowing what she will call the ex-Madam next; but one thing is certain, and that is that she will not serve her. The Intelligence of Woman A very truculent set they seemed to be, and all of them were armed with a long crooked knife and a pistol or two, stuck in a red leathern girdle. Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Somebody would have to try to sneak through the prowling, truculent warriors, make his way to the post, and tell of their plight. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade Warned by the manager's truculent and suspicious tone that his secret was, after all, buried no more than skin-deep, Whitaker dissembled artfully his anxiety, and abandoned Max to his pet vices. The Destroying Angel The Prince was a very overbearing and truculent personage; but he knew full well that even ambassadors have to preserve a modest demeanour, even as their sovereigns, in the presence of all-powerful financiers. The Intriguers Moreover, this wood was cut down and brought to the door by some good-humoured countryman of your acquaintance, whereas coal is obtained by miners—bad-tempered, truculent fellows that strike. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Passing on, we see a big swarthy Afghan, with fine martial features, in which suffering is gradually wearing out the old truculent air. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches There were men of all ranks of the land and sea forces, clean-shaven and boyish, ferociously moustached and obscured by short, truculent beards. Command Halting, he swept the array of auditors with an ominous and truculent stare. The Destroying Angel Usually the Princess endured the insults and coarse remarks of her truculent brother with disdainful indifference. The Intriguers There seems some reason to believe that with the Restoration, and in opposition to the affected whispering of the Puritans, a truculent and noisy manner became the fashion among Englishwomen. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time The men there were sullen, and would give no information, and two or three of the more truculent seemed inclined to hustle the police-officer. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches The truculent officer, halting at the door, his thumb and finger busy with his moustache, looked back over his shoulder at his old one. Command The lieutenant of the Anglo-Hellenic Development Company had adopted an extremely truculent attitude. Captain Macedoine's Daughter The temper and disposition of Her Majesty’s Ministry were plainly shown in the truculent tone of the demand framed by Russell,—a paper that was adopted by the Cabinet, though Gladstone suggested some modifications. Stone's River The Turning-Point of the Civil War Formerly the Li�geois were a turbulent and truculent folk, if one is to believe history. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine A strong, astringent, bilious nature, has more truculent enemies than the slugs and moths that fret my leaves. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse As he looked at her now, turning over his dire predicament the while, he noticed the truculent solidity of her jaw, the indomitable courage and steadiness of her gaze. Command Anyhow we got through the necessary interviews with truculent officials without much difficulty. The Red Symbol While this noisy fusillade by the mob of truculent bushwhackers was going on, there were much more soldierly occurrences by the more soldierly men on both sides. The Struggle for Missouri “It is the best I have,” said MacLeod looking at his truculent guest with new anxiety. A Prince of Good Fellows The armies immediately fraternised; kava was made by the ladies, as who should say tea, at home, and partaken of by the braves with many truculent expressions. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) “Yep,” he returned shortly, his voice coming with a truculent snap. The Coming of the Law But the brutal British fixity of purpose displayed by this truculent chauffeur left him gasping with indignation. Cynthia's Chauffeur On the subject of the conversation with Byrnes, that was considered, of course, very truculent, on the government's evidence. Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave Held in Boston, in February, 1851. These truculent but harmless old timers worked at odd jobs around the nearby palace grounds, and in the ferryman they found a kindred spirit. Satan and the Comrades In the banquet scene, while the first murderer gives account of what he has done, there comes a flash of truculent joy at the “twenty trench�d gashes” on Banquo’s head. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers But the heavy jaw thrust forth in truculent defiance; hate blazed forth from the deep-set eyes; the florid features were empurpled with rage. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 You hear the snapping of the foil in the hand of the truculent bully. Ivory Apes and Peacocks The smooth sycophant of the cabin had wholly disappeared, and the boy listened with wonder to a vulgar and truculent ruffian. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) Saturday.—It has been colder than ever; and to-night there is a truculent wind about the house, shaking the windows and making a hollow inarticulate grumbling in the chimney. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) His mood was evidently ugly, for he dropped his hand to the butt of his revolver, and growled something truculent at me, glaring through bloodshot eyes. Gold Gladstone, the truculent old man, will quail before the pointing finger of revenge. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) In Paradou, the whole muddy and truculent depths of the half-man were stirred to frenzy; the lust of destruction raged in him; there was not a feature in his face but it talked murder. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI Wandering one day among groves of derricks and villages of tanks, Miselle and her guide came upon a building containing a pair of truculent monsters in a high state of activity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 The Alcalde reiterated his demands with truculent vanity. Carmen Ariza Many of them were evil-looking customers, in fact about as tough a lot as a man would care to see, unshaven generally, but not always, dirty, truculent and rough, insolent in manner. Gold He stood before the glass readjusting his moustache into the regulation truculent upward twist. The Benefactress There was something about Fay that was at once mild and hostile, truculent and apologetic. The Side Of The Angels A Novel His “Condottiere,” in the Louvre, declares the artist’s recognition of that truculent and formidable being, full of aristocratic disdain, the product of a daring, unscrupulous life. The Venetian School of Painting “I’d like to wring old Smeardon’s neck too!” but the broad good humour of the rosy face, the twinkling eyes, belied these truculent words. Robinetta “Hang who?” a truculent voice expressed the universal uncertainty. Gold His whole look, his attitude, was a truculent demand, and had it found its equivalent in words he would have asked sharply: “What in hell d’you want here?” The Law-Breakers The smiling face of nature is bloted and defaced by the truculent works of men. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. Dead silence all about us; Capehart loosened his grip, abashed but still truculent. The Million-Dollar Suitcase The Marquis to her thinking was now almost a model Marquis, and this dear son, this excellent head of the family, had been nearly murdered by the truculent Dean. Is He Popenjoy? There was only one of my own countrymen on board, a fireman from Hull, one of the strongest men I ever met, and certainly the most truculent ruffian. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 They regard the English as their natural enemies, and the lower you go the more truculent they become. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule As a rule, it would fawn in a most servile manner, but its attitude, the moment its master’s back was turned, was always morose and even truculent. The Hound From The North It may be noted in passing that this truculent efficiency expert went wrong in after years and wound up his days at the end of a rope in Virginia City, Montana. When the West Was Young George, who was big and lank, and truculent in appearance, nodded. The Greater Power From a truculent piano it leapt to a titanic crescendo only to find relief again in a fierce growling dissatisfaction. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills When I complained that they had a truculent and angry look about them he said that that was nothing out of the common. The Red Hand of Ulster Grey twisted himself round in his chair and assumed a truculent attitude. The Hound From The North The leader of the truculent group was blue, except for two fingers which in the glaring illumination seemed whiter than white. Pariah Planet His beetle-browed face was truculent, and his hand rested on the hilt of his neuro-pistol. The Martian Cabal Take the lowest of the Arab tribes, for instance, and you will find in their truculent spirit a strain of faith sublime, though it is only evinced at times. The Book of Khalid I tell you that every night for the last week men have been going up to that store after dark, twenty or thirty of them, truculent, disrespectful blackguards out of the Orange Lodge. The Red Hand of Ulster But the truculent, lowering countenance leaves small doubt that the sitter was a gentleman pre-eminently "gey ill to live wi'." Holbein The gambler was released with a fine of one hundred dollars and a warning to keep the peace, and by noon of the following day was back in his den, more truculent than ever. They of the High Trails But outnumbering them by far were faces set in truculent mold. The Martian Cabal Sure," O'Sullivan Og answered, his manner half wheedling, half truculent, "'tis no time for messages and trifles and the like now, Colonel. The Wild Geese Pierre at once recognized the truculent set of Raoul's broad shoulders, the forward thrust of his head under the wide-brimmed hat. Shaman Presently the bald pate revolved back and a truculent face stared up at them. The Electronic Mind Reader Will had intended to send back this prize—a golden arrow—from his stronghold of Sherwood, snapped into twenty pieces, with a letter of truculent defiance wrapped about the scraps. Robin Hood The note was set down in crudely printed characters, as though to evade the identifying quality of handwriting, and this was its truculent message: No trespassin'. The Roof Tree He was winning, and as his luck continued his voice ceased to be soft, and became a shade truculent. Red Men and White It was at the club of the Rue Monstrelet that the truculent orator Schut, abruptly introducing the subject to his hearers, inflamed them with the expressions and metaphors used on such occasions. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories His tone was truculent, and Carlsen did not appear disposed to check him. A Man to His Mate Then the banditti rushed in with fierce gestures; truculent men, with shaggy hair and beards, wrapped in dark capotes, with long guns in their hands, and daggers in their belts and bosoms. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. The Council of Pennsylvania tried him, and though their final verdict was an extremely gentle one, its very mildness of condemnation proved poison to his truculent pride. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The men were mostly on foot, casting furtive glances to right and left, evident snappers-up of unconsidered trifles, truculent, ragged, wearing evil-looking knives by their sides. Home Life in Germany Another curious German characteristic is the idea that, however truculent and menacing a writer's expressions may be, other people do him and his country a wicked injustice if they take him at his word. Gems (?) of German Thought She caught Ward's truculent eye, smiled, and shook her head at him. The Ranch at the Wolverine His imperturbable coolness and truculent villany procured him plaudits among the Milanese, as I had seen them do elsewhere. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge You never quailed before any scaly horror, you never spared a truculent robber or a noisome beast, nor avoided a laborious act—— Heracles. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy "No meals except coffee in the morning; you understand that?" she said in a truculent tone. Home Life in Germany How long ago it seemed, that time twelve years ago when a mutinous urchin fled from a truculent uncle to seek his fortune as Heaven might please to guide! The Duke's Motto A Melodrama Her voice, her attitude were almost truculent as she faced him, her right hand dragging at the loose clasp of a big photograph album. The Invader A Novel They may excite to desperate attempts and particular acts of cruelty and horror, but these will always be suppressed or avenged at the expense of the objects of their truculent philanthropy. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject “Well, tell him I’m here,” the deputy commanded, with a truculent air. The Scarlet Feather Under the immediate successors of Shalmaneser the Assyrian prestige was maintained at a high level by dint of the same lavish bloodshed and truculent energy; but towards the eighth century it began to decline. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 They are those of Red-Hand the truculent chieftain of the Arapahoes. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness In this strange fashion did Snowball meet his enemy,—the truculent tyrant of the deep. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Nay, even Mr. Beecher is abused as not truculent enough. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject "I hope it will help you—and me, too!" responded Castlemayne, who was obviously incensed and truculent. The Chestermarke Instinct “If you tender me your grief for your insolence,” he suggested, with truculent condescension, “you will save yourself a basting.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel The truculent chieftain had threatened me with a hundred deaths. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness To this, Mr. Smitz made no reply, but flashed a look that would have frozen any one less insolent and truculent than the Englishman. The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton He cleared his throat and turned again to Roger with a resumption of his truculent manner. Juggernaut He remembered the hulking, truculent German merchant whom Chipmunk, having half strangled, threw into the sea. The Rough Road Evander surveyed his truculent opponent with a tranquil contempt which had its effect in increasing the irritation of the Cavalier. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel No people are more susceptible to 'bluff,' and, given a truculent bearing, and a sufficiency of bravado, a coward may pass for a brave man in many a Malay State. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula Mr. Morgan's representative got upon his feet with a truculent air. Anthony Lyveden They flocked to the palace in a truculent mob, but the bushi on duty, being under the command of a Minamoto, did not hesitate to use their bows. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era He declared that the world would yet be persuaded of his innocence, and he once more scandalised the Dean by his truculent cheerfulness. Raleigh He took a prominent and truculent part in the famous conference of prelates and Presbyterian divines held at Hampton Court in 1604. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Even the savage and truculent Wangoni seemed for the moment overawed. The Sign of the Spider The truculent voice, with its attempt at oiliness, the small red eyes under the shock of hair, the thick purple lips, had an extraordinary effect on Patsy. Love of Brothers Nor does there appear to have been any collision between the two tides of immigrants, for the first appearance of the Kumaso in a truculent role was in A.D. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era A force of militia was sent to Wyoming, commanded by a truculent creature named Patterson. The Critical Period of American History “Maybe I will and maybe I won’t,” was the truculent rejoinder. The Pagan Madonna But there was no one outside to begin upon, and, though a truculent, unruly crowd, their interests in the long run lay in submitting to the authority of the white chiefs. The Sign of the Spider His manner was truculent; indeed, verged almost upon the menacing. The Life of the Party These men, with the exception of this former servant of Mr. Elsey, were all “bankers,” as they were then called, i.e., navvies; and such men in those days were usually a very truculent class. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter "Why didn't they go back to their own planet, then, where they belonged?" broke in the truculent voice of Garrigan again. The Cavern of the Shining Ones "What do you want?" the man demanded in a truculent tone. The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers I reckon there wasn’t anyone else to send my 158 horse over by?” said Dakota, his voice coming with a truculent snap. The Trail to Yesterday They came to a halt at the gallery edge, and were about to dismount when Barkwell’s voice, cold and truculent, issued from the shadow of the trees: “What’s eatin’ you guys?” 'Firebrand' Trevison The smouldering resentment against the white men found vent in the truculent doings of the anti-foreign society of the "Green Water Lily" in Hoonan. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) If 'Arry had been at the University, and had bent what he calls his mind upon verse-making, some of the truculent rhyme in this book is the sort of stuff he would have turned out. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 20, 1893 Why, to me, this world is a halting hell of hitching-posts and of truculent troughs for belching swineherds. An Anarchist Woman Then his voice came with a truculent snap: “You alone?” The Trail to Yesterday “Oh, don’t let that worry you any,” with a truculent laugh. The Place of Honeymoons Comparatively little attention was paid to their departure—partly on account of the truculent attitude of the police—partly because the Episcopal pair were making an equally early start in another direction. Stingaree The earth was inhabited by a race of brutal and truculent savages. The Fighting Edge Strong as this truculent leader was in men and money, the Khedive Ismail did not believe that he would dare to resist his power. The Life of Gordon, Volume I Some titles, indeed, were more truculent, and promised food to those who love to sup upon horrors—such as 'The Torch,' 'The Poniard,' 'The Stiletto'—" Pisistratus, impatiently.—" The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Amidships was a man coiling up ropes, at the wheel was another man, and pacing the top of the after-house was Captain Williams, red-bearded, red-eyed, and truculent of gesture and expression. The Grain Ship They gain the outer circle when Gertie has persuaded him to give to her the task of leading through the crowd; her smile obtains a free way that his truculent methods fail to obtain. Love at Paddington He is a pitiful, truculent, groveling coward, ready to buy profit at any price. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time There, my turtle-doves," sneers the truculent corporal, "another kindness of the general. The Light of Scarthey No one but Toffy would have loved her; she was quite plain and she was separated from her husband—a truculent gentleman who employed his leisure moments in making his wife miserable. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir "Let us at any rate hope," said the baron, "that he will at that time be less truculent." The Bertrams "It does not take you long to change your mind," Karl continued, still with a truculent air. The Devil A Tragedy of the Heart and Conscience He had long been reviled as a truculent despot, artful and dangerous, powerful and perfidious; the genius of Victor Hugo had set on him a brand of infamy. Studies in Literature and History Leyden's tone was truculent; yet he respected the warning of that small, steady pistol. Gold Out of Celebes Finally one of them said to me through Mary with a sort of truculent air, like a child experimenting to see how far he can go, that they were going to take Imbrie back. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] So truculent was his demeanour that nobody ventured to speak. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 She could not see Winn being led—he was too truculent—and he had never in his tenderest moments evinced the slightest taste for higher things. The Dark Tower Only, and there was the rub, Hayden couldn't very well profit by the courage of his convictions, in spite of his truculent self‑assurance, for the simple reason that he wasn't capable of it. The Silver Butterfly It had been an irksome month for Mercer, and not a day had passed without my receiving a truculent declaration from him that we were fools to allow Tao to escape so easily. The Fire People At that the young man felt curiously truculent. The Rapids The heavy, square chin, the wide, firm mouth, the black, truculent eyes beneath heavy brows, all marked the master, if not the tyrant. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters One of the Canadians who had been in the American Navy was unusually truculent. The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland These truculent cities had flung the heralds of Darius into deep pits, bidding them to take earth and water from there and carry it to the great king. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality George Fox himself, the founder of the Society, was an extremely belligerent and even truculent individual. Freedom In Service Six Essays on Matters Concerning Britain's Safety and Good Government All of which was a long speech for Stoughton, so he sat down and was looking defiantly truculent when Clark came in smiling. The Rapids Besides, there were still plenty of ignorant fanatics amongst the chosen "Ansar," or servants of God, to fire the naturally truculent mass of armed men. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan He checked himself to ease the door behind him just as the truculent captor of the Royal James brig reached the foot of the ladder and let his gaze rove about the cabin. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Then he was rude, almost truculent; now, even while he seemed angry, his demeanour suggested a refinement of feeling which did not manifest itself then. The Day of Judgment You that are of ruffling humor, gather your truculent ruffians together; make yourselves colonels over them; go to the Netherlands, and fight your bellyful! The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Still, his fierce heart throbbed violently; and there was a feeling of hot agonizing doubt blent with the truculent hope, the savage ambition, the strong thirst of blood, which goaded him almost to madness. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 He was still truculent, and brandishing his spear. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Out from under their fierce, truculent bravado showed the fiercer hunger for common things and comforts. The Planet Strappers His eyes were bloodshot, and his voice was loud and truculent. The Day of Judgment |
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