pugnacious
Example Sentences
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Beijing has reasons to avoid a pugnacious response.
From New York Times
Duncan is a pugnacious conservative who opposed the right to same-sex marriage before becoming a judge.
From New York Times
His immediate predecessor, Mike Pompeo, was a pugnacious former CIA director and Kansas congressman who barely concealed his presidential ambitions.
From Washington Post
Biden faces a pugnacious Republican House majority that wants to undo the legislative achievements of his first two years by forcing a crisis over the debt ceiling.
From Los Angeles Times
It was just the kind of pugnacious approach that party leaders prescribed, using the exact language they suggest.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
