bellicosity

Example Sentences

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Those who know Michael, who is also a Stanford-trained lawyer, chalk up his public bellicosity toward Anthropic to a fierce professional loyalty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

When they came back to it after the arrest, the bellicosity with which three out of four of them treated this was disappointing.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2025

An intimidating personality, he was said to be "capable of switching between unbridled charm and ruthless bellicosity".

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2023

Bannon also had no real rejoinder in the face of his obvious guilt, and instead tried to save himself through sheer bellicosity.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2022

We had seen stories about this in the newspapers, and some of the men even joked with me about Winnie’s bellicosity.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela