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

Whereas other música Mexicana acts have built massive audiences by singing about their more bellicose escapades, Cornejo has made a name for himself by focusing on matters of the heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025

The chaplain was shocked by his bellicose words and tone and, to his own amazement and mystification, deeply chagrined that they were turning him loose.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller