confrontational
Example Sentences
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She said she decided to end the conversation as it became "more aggressive" and "confrontational", but that while walking away the pair followed and shouted at her.
From BBC
If it doesn’t, China can always switch to a less confrontational approach.
While Wilders took a confrontational approach, she said, Jetten “had a very unifying style.”
The review, commissioned from the consultancy HR Rewired, concluded that darker-skinned Met staff were "labelled confrontational" while lighter-skinned employees might receive quicker empathy and leniency.
From BBC
López Obrador, especially, vowed to break with the confrontational approaches of past Mexican administrations, whose military operations he said failed to weaken cartels and only fueled violence.
From Los Angeles Times
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