61 examples of termagants in sentences
I am resolv'd to marry to morroweither to the Apothecary or the Farmer, Men I never saw, to be reveng'd on thee, thou termagant Infidel.
Students of women, experienced adventurers in matrimony, these plumbers, bird merchants "delicatessens" and the rest looked, perceived and comprehended that here was the very devil of a womana virago, a shrew, a termagant, a natural-born trouble-maker; and they shivered and thanked God that she was Tunnygate's and not theirs; their unformulated sentiment best expressed in Pope's immortal couplet: Oh woman, woman!
If this system were now in force, it would often be patronised, for there are many lively termagants in the land, and lots in Preston.
A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects be considered a tolerable blessing, and if so, Rip Van Winkle was thrice blessed.
From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife, who would suddenly break in upon the tranquillity of the assemblage and call the members all to naught; nor was that august personage, Nicholas Vedder himself, sacred from the daring tongue of this terrible virago, who charged him outright with encouraging her husband in habits of idleness.
[Page 132] Termagant: it out-Herod's Herod Pray you auoid it.
Sir Fretful Plagiary; brabbler^, Tartar; shrew, vixen, virago, termagant, dragon, scold, Xantippe; porcupine; spitfire; fire eater &c (blusterer) 887; fury &c (violent person) 173.
But oh, they are termagants in conjunction!
It is supposed to be the ancient Jezreel, where the termagant Jezebel was thrown out of the window.
Steccadoes ( = stoccadoes, thrusts in fencing) Stewd prunes Stigmaticke Stoope Striker Strive curtesies ( = stand upon ceremony) Suds, in the Suetonius, quoted Sure Surreverence Tacitus, quoted Take me with you Take in Tarleton Tarriers Tell Tale, the, (MS. play) Tent Termagant
He was fond of the child, but knowing what a termagant his wife was, he thought that silence like discretion was the better part of valor, and hastily beat a retreat from her presence.
" "The villain!" continued the enraged termagant, catching her breath like a person that had just been submerged in water longer than is agreeable to human nature, and forcing her way through the crowd, with such vigour as soon to be in a situation to fly to her secret hordes, in order to ascertain the extent of her misfortune; "the sacrilegious villain!
A nagging termagant, who keeps her husband in petticoat subjection.
Mrs. Bundle, a vulgar Mrs. Malaprop, and a termagant.
The captain was entrapped by Mrs. MacStinger (the termagant landlady of his friend captain Cuttle) into marrying her.
So Brougham was left out, Pepys was made Chancellor, and the Premier compared himself to a man who has broken with a termagant mistress and married the best of cooks.
The termagant was left on his hands.
I am, Your Humble Servant, Kitty Termagant.
It was the decree of fate, your Honour, following his own word and action, that this man should become as a rag doll in the hands of a termagant.
Next is the Church Termagant.
When the "contrary-minded" are called for, the Church Termagant holds up its hand.
They trouble themselves little about Sin, the universal but invisible enemy whom the Church Termagant attempts to shell and dislodge; but are very busy in attacking Sins.
" He has notes also upon "meal-mouthed," "luxuriousnesse," "termagant," "fico," "estro," "a nest of goblets," which indicate either that the "general reader" is a less intelligent person in England than in America, or that Mr. Halliwell's standard of scholarship is very low.
Poor girl!what husband now would venture on such a termagant wife?penniless too, and disgraced!
Do you think I could wear those diamonds again, while that termagant shop-woman can say that her money bought them?