militance

Example Sentences

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Aaron Fontan, 24, said he also has participated in Black Lives Matter protests and felt familiar police pushback and militance this time around.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2025

The darkness and militance of the music caught some of her fans off guard, accustomed as they were to a more pastoral, uplifting optimism.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023

“My sheikh went through several stations in his life,” said Sheikh Raed, citing Sheikh Abdullah’s break with militance after leaving prison in the 1980s.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2021

Instead, the focus of the trial was Woodfox’s militance, though his views had softened.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017

It preserved its deep note of good-nature, but it sounded obstinate, and her little face was fierce in its militance.

From An Unknown Lover by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.