belligerence

Example Sentences

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There’s currently too much bellowing, blaming and belligerence — and hatred — to make democracy work productively the way the republic’s founders intended.

From Los Angeles Times

"This is another Iranian act of terrorism that represents an escalation in Iran's belligerence against the citizens of the free world, with concomitant international ramifications vis-a-vis the security of global shipping routes," his office said.

From Reuters

Jordan's carefully crafted persona of delusional belligerence is the soul of the modern GOP.

From Salon

How can any of this recent belligerence be helping?

From Seattle Times

Trump's belligerence is so over-the-top that it can bamboozle people into thinking that nothing can be done to stop him.

From Salon