argumentative

Example Sentences

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So there’s a theory percolating online that if you adopt the qualities of a stone, becoming impassive and bland, then you will repel the argumentative, antagonistic people in your life who are itching for conflict.

From New York Times • May 31, 2024

Or even to prevent triggering and problematic contestants from infiltrating a space that could harm a woman, a woman whose family history has aleady been marked with argumentative, angry parents.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2024

He had a shorter temper and was argumentative with family members in a way he never had been before the crash.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2024

Even a teacher pitched in, assigning the students in her English class an argumentative essay persuading Bacon to come to Payson High.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2024

Even his argumentative disposition, to use an even more Wuthering Heights kind of phrase.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak