disputatious

Example Sentences

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Private, internal anger at his failings was a good thing, he claimed, a "disputatious culture" better than a "quietly acquiescent" one.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023

“It’s a messy and disputatious business,” said Jan A. Zalasiewicz, a geologist at the University of Leicester.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2022

Sure enough, our hushed and calm spring proved but a brief intermission for a disputatious nation still uncertain about the practice of harmony.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2020

If a house divided against itself cannot stand, as Abraham Lincoln pointed out so long ago, surely a spaceship with a disputatious and self-destructive crew is not likely to survive, no less thrive.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2019

The closest I ever got was one day when he was escorted down from the mess hall after an argument with the disputatious Officer Colon, who was always stirring things up.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover