pugnacious
Example Sentences
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Trump’s pugnacious lawyer had no viable response to this line of argument.
From Los Angeles Times
Should a potential successor to Trump be just as pugnacious as the former president, but without the constant turmoil?
From Washington Times
Behind a folksy, avuncular image there has long been a pugnacious persona ever poised to lash out at adversaries real and invented.
From Los Angeles Times
The pugnacious former New Jersey governor is reported to be mulling a possible campaign.
From Reuters
He advanced Trump's pugnacious foreign policy as the top U.S. diplomat and was a magnet for controversy in Washington.
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
