belligerent

Example Sentences

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Colombo would follow the Hague Convention, the official added, noting it says that "a neutral power which receives on its territory troops belonging to the belligerent armies shall intern them".

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

In 2016’s The Mandibles, she created a character whom she described as a “pure piss-take” of herself: belligerent, tactless, a maniacal exerciser–the Ur-Boomer, utterly self-absorbed and an unalloyed financial disaster for society.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

“The original narrative was Anastasio became belligerent, they subdued him and he died,” Frey said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

But a different kind of war between their citizens is already raging - via increasingly belligerent exchanges on social media.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

In 1946 we lived in a camp outside of Manila, which came in constant contact with belligerent soldiers called “Huks.”

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen