| Because I admire their courage, their combativeness, the ever present light in their eyes, despite their suffering. |
| The intruders' violent ends echo the combativeness with which Trebor dealt with the world around him. |
| His mild temperament, a little old-maidish perhaps, contrasted with Rosalind's brusque combativeness. |
| With characteristic combativeness, he rekindled a 13-year-old war of words with Australia and labelled George Bush a bare-faced liar. |
| No success story showing the vitality, inventiveness and combativeness of dryland populations in the face of desertification has been told. |
| Peace requires a positive combativeness in our relationships, especially when faced with our own impulses. |
