belligerent

Example Sentences

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The snakes likely evolved to be more belligerent in response to the threat these “antagonists” pose, Hayes says.

From Science Magazine

There are also moments, like the last few days in the Middle East, when events leave belligerents and their allies at a crossroads with big decisions to make.

From BBC

Similarly, the belligerent Jewish nationalists who currently govern the State of Israel are accelerants of a doom-eager Zionism that isn’t new in history and that some of the Bible's own prophets condemned.

From Salon

The race started with 11 candidates, several of them belligerent nationalists who favor close relations with Russia.

From New York Times

Crouch, who is recalled in the book as both a luminous writer and a belligerent colleague, was fired from the Voice in 1988 after getting into a fistfight with another writer.

From Los Angeles Times