bellicose

Example Sentences

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She later on Monday told reporters that bellicose Iranian public messages are different from Tehran’s private communications.

From The Wall Street Journal

I think about Beallsville every time the world grows especially bellicose, and talk of preparation for armed conflict becomes animated.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

But his attitude to the bellicose rhetoric from Mar-A-Lago is far from relaxed.

From BBC

Edelstein is taking his cues from the text, though his cast sometimes struggles when the bellicose mood switches abruptly into high pathos.

From Los Angeles Times