By their size, and the sheer pugnacity of their presence, they were a stand-in for the real thing.
He acquired a reputation for pugnacity and became a gossip column regular with a bitter divorce from the actress Kim Basinger and the leaking of an abusive answering-machine message he had left for his daughter.
Of the two movies, Scorsese's is infinitely the subtler and more elegantly wrought, patient and pensive where Gibson opts for pugnacity, yet "Hacksaw Ridge" exerts something — a basic grip on the audience, tugging at our nerves and our desire to forge ahead — that "Silence" cannot quite muster.
If Darling lacks the pugnacity of a devious old Labour bruiser, he also struggles to compensate for it with a new Labour instinct for spin.
Noted for her "pugnacity" and "hardheadedness," Hillary is praised for her close relationships with U.S. generals, to include David Petraeus and Stanley McChrystal.
His relish for war with radical Islamists and tyrants ("You want to be a martyr? I'm here to help") sounds like the bulldog pugnacity of a British naval officer's son, which he is.
The pugnacity of Walsh's comic direction infuses turbulently free enterprise with tragedy.
