belligerent

Example Sentences

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China analyst Gordon Chang said Americans mistakenly think belligerent statements by Chinese officials are not sincere and can be ignored.

From Washington Times

Occasionally, someone would get blackout drunk and start crying or screaming or getting even more belligerent.

From Salon

Ted "was more broadly comic – 'belligerent,' Sudeikis calls him – so why make the new version so warm and fuzzy?"

From Salon

"So what did CNN or Collins think would happen? Did they really have no plan to deal with Trump's belligerent nonsense? Did they really learn nothing and forget nothing?"

From Salon

For now, the U.S. and regional powers in Africa are trying to pressure the belligerents — Sudan’s regular army and the Rapid Support Forces, a well-armed paramilitary group — to stop fighting.

From New York Times