bellicose

Example Sentences

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Federal agents on the front lines in Los Angeles received a bellicose directive in June from Gregory Bovino, then-Border Patrol commander-at-large.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Following weeks of increasingly bellicose rhetoric surrounding his desire to seize the autonomous Danish territory, Trump said at Davos that he had reached a framework of a deal that satisfies him, without providing details.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

It’s not the first time he’s made such bellicose boasts.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

The first ad from the group in Wisconsin race aired on Feb. 20, invoking a similar bellicose style to the group’s prior efforts.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2025

And when he gets angry and impassioned, he turns bellicose.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman