orneriness

Compounding my orneriness was the undeniable fact that my parents stayed married for twenty-four years, probably about four too many.

Good-Enough Mother René Syler with Karen Moline 2007

Compounding my orneriness was the undeniable fact that my parents stayed married for twenty-four years, probably about four too many.

Good-Enough Mother René Syler with Karen Moline 2007

It requires some new kind of orneriness to take Che's famous image

New York Press 2009

We're seen as waving the battle flag in front of the African-American population out of orneriness, race and hate, James says.

Confederate group fights for state specialty plates 2011

We're seen as waving the battle flag in front of the African-American population out of orneriness, race and hate, James says.

Confederate group fights for state specialty plates 2011

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.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

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.

Brief Glimpse of Brilliance From an Abbreviated Life David Mermelstein 2011

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.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

My Granny Gallaway fought pancreatic cancer, too, and lasted a year past her prognosis out of sheer orneriness.

funeral food | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009

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.

A Painter in Her Own Right Jonathan Lopez 2011