argumentative

Example Sentences

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He was never petulant, argumentative or stubborn – though I knew he was easily capable of those emotions.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

But after a few hours, she’d start talking to herself, or turn swiftly argumentative.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

He had a shorter temper and was argumentative with family members in a way he never had been before the crash.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2024

The plant’s management complained that he was demanding and argumentative, and his supervisor barred him from returning.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2023

The correspondence lost its argumentative edge and shifted back to an elegiac, still-life pattern after 1820.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis