I found myself watching him rather combatively, as who would anticipate the move of an adversary.
"A Fool and His Money"
George Barr McCutcheon
Barbara saw the bishop shake his head in dissent and, while she was listening with strained ears to his explanation, Viglius, as if singing bass to Granvelle's tenor, repeated again and again at brief intervals, in a low tone, the one word, "Debts," while his green eyes sparkled, sometimes as if asking assent, sometimes combatively.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
"The easiest gait in the world," put in Bob, combatively, disregarding the tails.
"A Tar-Heel Baron"
Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton