combative
Example Sentences
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During Musk's testimony before the jury, he was more combative with lawyers representing the class of investors.
From BBC
Vlasto lives in the Manhattan district Bores is running in, and became known for a combative approach to dealing with the New York press corps when working for Cuomo in the early 2010s.
Islas, who said he has been diagnosed with autism, maintained he wasn’t doing anything combative that night.
From Los Angeles Times
Ms. Hughes plays Ruth with a combative defensiveness, and not a little contempt, as she listens with incredulity to Jay’s obvious ignorance of the Troubles.
Mullin is known on Capitol Hill for not holding back, a style of speaking that some describe as combative.
From BBC
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