disputatious

Example Sentences

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Historical scholarship on the draft riots is intensive and disputatious; my only concluding point is that they seem to contain all the most painful and contradictory lessons of our nation’s history in compressed form.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2025

Private, internal anger at his failings was a good thing, he claimed, a "disputatious culture" better than a "quietly acquiescent" one.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023

Its lament resonates for art once seen as a disputatious civic forum, now overrun by the hard coin of investment markets.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2021

The incident prompted the gathering of a scrum of disputatious players and team personnel at center court that eventually broke up without serious incident.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2021

The closest I ever got was one day when he was escorted down from the mess hall after an argument with the disputatious Officer Colon, who was always stirring things up.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover