bellicose

Example Sentences

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“If the stronger party is taking bellicose positions, they’re worried that they’re going to be dragged into a war they don’t want to fight.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Following weeks of increasingly bellicose rhetoric surrounding his desire to seize the autonomous Danish territory, Trump said at Davos that he had reached a framework of a deal that satisfies him, without providing details.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

It’s not the first time he’s made such bellicose boasts.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

The first ad from the group in Wisconsin race aired on Feb. 20, invoking a similar bellicose style to the group’s prior efforts.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2025

With a bellicose finger, he jabbed at a picture of Fidel Castro.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy