disputatious

Example Sentences

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Private, internal anger at his failings was a good thing, he claimed, a "disputatious culture" better than a "quietly acquiescent" one.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023

I grew up in a very disputatious household.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2023

The incident prompted the gathering of a scrum of disputatious players and team personnel at center court that eventually broke up without serious incident.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2021

Manet’s buddy Charles Baudelaire, the disputatious journalist, poet and art critic, described artists’ emerging role as being painters of modern life, and urbanity seeped into many private nooks and crannies.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2019

The closest I ever got was one day when he was escorted down from the mess hall after an argument with the disputatious Officer Colon, who was always stirring things up.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover