belligerent

Example Sentences

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MILAN—It’s the bright, belligerent Winter Games showdown you could have hand-carved into Italian marble two weeks ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Pezeshkian meanwhile said the success of diplomacy depended on the "goodwill of the parties involved and the abandonment of belligerent and threatening actions in the region," his office said.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

Certainly, there's been stuff said and written about him not quite being at his brilliant and belligerent best, but that's fair comment.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

There are more than four thousand different sorts of them, and from all those kinds I can only think of five which are belligerent.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White