Sentences with phrase «for pugnacity»

Even Winston Churchill suffered years of political exile for his pugnacity.

But the appearance of playing nice is equally if not more important for a politician still trying to live down a reputation for pugnacity.

Not exact matches

It began in the jungle where men had to fight wild beasts or die, where they could not have survived had not nature endowed them with capacity for the swift rise of pugnacity.

Steffes's pugnacity apparently impressed Kiraly, who had quit the national team after years of being the dominant U.S. player and was looking for the perfect beach mate.

Mr. Klein, a lifelong Bronx resident known for his political pugnacity and personal flair, has responded aggressively to the accusations, issuing a pair of letters on Friday testifying to his good character.

For me, the definitive Good Queen Bess will always be Glenda Jackson in her monumental 1971 TV miniseries Elizabeth R, in which her febrile intelligence and pugnacity were perfectly channeled.

Since then, with the exuberance of an Iowa cheerleader and the smart - alecky cynicism of a Brooklyn roller - rink queen, she'd taken him under her wing, defending him against the not infrequent fallout from his lack of social graces, pugnacity, and proclivity to take on quixotic battles for truth and justice that no one else much cared about.