argumentative

Example Sentences

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“If someone is being argumentative, try to de-escalate by calmly saying, ‘I hear you,’ and try to work it out,” says Beverly Randolph, director of The Protocol School of Indianapolis.

From Seattle Times

"The English department has used this as an opportunity to provide some argumentative discursive letter writing," he said.

From BBC

See, I met Lou and I got the impression that the songs he was writing contained a lot of honest, argumentative positions, and that was important to me.

From Los Angeles Times

Her chapters on all these writers are engrossingly anecdotal, critically argumentative and sometimes needlessly belligerent in their tone.

From Washington Post

He destroyed a recent weekend getaway with my extended family by being argumentative, critical and moody.

From Washington Post