Sentences with word «cussedness»

For pure cussedness it's hard to beat the London painters who came to prominence in the wake of WWII.

Given our well deserved reputation for cussedness (you can always tell a Yorkshireman but you can never tell him much) the speakers may well have expected a rough ride.

Any humanist remedy which relies upon calling man to reform himself, and to live up to the ideal of love, may not be wholly without success, but it still leaves man struggling in the chains of his own inadequacy and sheer willful cussedness.

It's the rare star - driven crowd pleaser smart enough to present more than one idea on - screen at a time, a paean to but also warning against cussedness that manages to exhibit some of its own.

Pure cussedness?

Glasson was competitive, and pure cussedness may have earned him honorable mention and third - team All - America honors in 1980 and» 82, respectively.

Cynthia Nixon captures Dickinson's ecstasy, cussedness and the disappointments that deteriorated her in full measure, as Davies carefully lays out the creative process while maintaining its mystery.