combatively

Example Sentences

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They performed combatively in the Scottish Cup final last season, but lost.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024

And yet, he combatively reserved for himself the superlative of greatest rock drummer, unbeatable even with constant, self-inflicted health setbacks.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2019

It was nothing like my book, a memoir based on lists written by my grandmother, so its existence should not have troubled me, yet my writing life somehow became combatively interwoven with his.

From The Guardian • Mar. 11, 2019

He combatively threw the question back at her, for which he later apologized.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2019

“But that will be never,” her oldest daughter said combatively.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy