bellicose

Example Sentences

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The White House sought to play down the bellicose comments, saying the U.S. still seeks competition and cooperation and not a war with Beijing.

From Washington Times

Trump was able to harness years of escalating right-wing paranoia and bellicose rhetoric, much of it coming from him, to gin up thousands of his followers to storm the Capitol on January 6.

From Salon

How else do you explain that in the middle of his bellicose speech Tuesday promising success in his assault on Ukraine, the Russian dictator fired a series of heat-seeking verbal missiles into our culture wars.

From Washington Post

Some Ukrainians voiced fresh disdain for the Russian leader, who this week delivered two high-profile speeches, both of them bitter and bellicose.

From Los Angeles Times

It seemed to be a scary example of bellicose warmongering foreshadowing a catastrophic escalation.

From Los Angeles Times