bellicose
Example Sentences
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I think about Beallsville every time the world grows especially bellicose, and talk of preparation for armed conflict becomes animated.
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
But his attitude to the bellicose rhetoric from Mar-A-Lago is far from relaxed.
From BBC
Edelstein is taking his cues from the text, though his cast sometimes struggles when the bellicose mood switches abruptly into high pathos.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s a remarkable performance, and Noble’s volatile Riefenstahl, as grandiose and bellicose as she is seductive and meek, is every bit as vividly conceived.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
