fractious

Example Sentences

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Instead, she fell into line, with some believing that if she had called for the PM to go it would have torn apart the fractious group Morgan leads in Cardiff Bay.

From BBC

Attorneys for the tech titans hit back, saying in opening statements Monday and Tuesday that Kaley’s troubled home life and her fractious relationship with her family were to blame for her suffering, not the platforms.

From Los Angeles Times

Marseille scored in the opening minutes of each half to book a place in the quarter-finals of the French Cup with a scrappy, at times fractious, 3-0 victory over visiting Rennes on Tuesday.

From Barron's

Unlike the decades-old, highly organized independence movement in French-speaking Quebec province, Alberta's fractious separatist camp has not previously threatened Canadian unity.

From Barron's

The maneuverings of larger powers in our fractious world would likely make a mockery of their claimed autonomy.

From The Wall Street Journal