Both Uses of
pugnacious
in
Their Eyes Were Watching God
- The men noticed her firm buttocks like she had grapefruits in her hip pockets; the great rope of black hair swinging to her waist and unraveling in the wind like a plume; then her pugnacious breasts trying to bore holes in her shirt.†
Chpt 1pugnacious = quick to fight or argue
- His prosperous-looking belly that used to thrust out so pugnaciously and intimidate folks, sagged like a load suspended from his loins.
Chpt 7 *pugnaciously = in a manner that looked ready for a fight