| He certainly demonstrates a similar steely resolve, pugnaciousness and disdain for consensus politics that was the hallmark of the Iron Lady. |
| The usage guru Bryan A. Garner told me that he long admired Kilpatrick's pugnaciousness and iconoclasm. |
| With a flash of pugnaciousness, he said that debate should also close on his healthcare reforms so derided by his political foes. |
| But the prevailing tenor of these symposia does not display pugnaciousness towards opponents. |
| When they began feeding upon the tiny forms of life found in the creek, the Bully soon gained a reputation for pugnaciousness. |
| The distinctive Nixonian blend of pugnaciousness and self-pity comes through clearly in the 297 pages. |
