fractious

Example Sentences

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As a Shiite-majority nation, Iran has long held fractious and even hostile relationships with Sunni jihadist actors.

From Los Angeles Times

If it sounds polarised, ill-tempered and fractious, that is because it is.

From BBC

SEOUL—After a six-year hiatus, the first passenger trains connecting the capitals of China and North Korea resumed, a sign of warming ties between two countries that have a history of fractious relations.

From The Wall Street Journal

It has had a fractious relationship with former prime minister Oli in the past.

From BBC

A fractious council meeting in December was disrupted by motorists honking their car horns outside, while a man was ejected for barracking councillors with shouts of "shame" after it got under way.

From BBC