adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The National Assembly was being truculent over the budget proposals.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He still took care to be rude and truculent at school to keep up appearances, but the old venom had faded.
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It was also in the Celtic countries that Romanization celebrated its most truculent triumph.
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Managers of existing systems reacted to these proposals with truculent hostility.
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Mr Sylvester, regarding Nails, would have described him as truculent and downright unattractive.
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No-Eyes, bored and truculent , saw the very same things but saw them as boring and limited.
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No sign of a truculent Grimsby or a pugnacious Pontefract yet, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
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The company had weathered intemperate climates, truculent soldiers, and cat-sized rats in one place they stayed along the tour.
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This was particularly obnoxious to the truculent Arista.