disputatious
Example Sentences
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“John Proctor” may sound like a relentlessly disputatious drama, but it’s a deeply emotional work.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 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
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
If a house divided against itself cannot stand, as Abraham Lincoln pointed out so long ago, surely a spaceship with a disputatious and self-destructive crew is not likely to survive, no less thrive.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2019
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
Vocabulary lists containing disputatious
"Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District," Vocabulary from the Supreme Court decision
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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