warlike

Example Sentences

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Performers chanted her name before the first edition of a women-run street party called Calcinhas Bélicas – Warlike Knickers.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2019

Nagasaki was a member of a group called the Warlike Gods Society.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2014

The sculptures represent the Battle of the Centaurs and Lapithæ, or as some say, a Warlike Expedition of Bacchus.

From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub

Warlike chieftains take their places by their strength of arm and might, And their warrant is their falchion, valour sanctifies their right!

From Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse by Dutt, Romesh

Warlike chieftains now assembled, Fame your daring deeds shall tell, Fiercest foes have fear'd and trembled, When you raised your warlike yell.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles