orneriness

IPA: ɔrnˈɛrinʌs

Examples of "orneriness" in Sentences

It requires some new kind of orneriness to take Che's famous image
My Granny Gallaway fought pancreatic cancer, too, and lasted a year past her prognosis out of sheer orneriness.
We're seen as waving the battle flag in front of the African-American population out of orneriness, race and hate, James says.
Compounding my orneriness was the undeniable fact that my parents stayed married for twenty-four years, probably about four too many.
The union is saved partly thanks to the intervention of Père Jules Michel Simon, unforgettable, an impish old salt whose eccentricity and orneriness are matched only by his compassion and wisdom.
Whether due to fatigue, pressure, or sheer orneriness, Schwarzkopf erred repeatedly on issues of primary importance, a tendency that became especially evident as Operation Desert Storm wound down.
In "Tom and Jack" 2009 by Henry Adams profiles the fascinating relationship between Pollock and his teacher, the American Regionalist Thomas Hart Benton, whose novel theories of composition and sheer orneriness provided models for both Pollock's art and public persona.