belligerence

Example Sentences

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Under international law, none of these three steps would constitute escalated belligerence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

As in, they'll be so desperate to keep the series alive in Melbourne on Saturday they'll metamorphose into a team of belligerence and belief - a band of brothers who will blow the Lions away.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2025

Not a ton, at least as far as new intelligence, input from allies, or Iranian belligerence.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2025

He finally regressed to his usual juvenile belligerence and insulted Micklethwait and the friendly Wall St. Journal, saying they don't know what they're talking about.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2024

A kind of friendly belligerence came naturally to those two.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman