warlike

Example Sentences

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At the debate last week in Parker, former state Rep. Dave Williams said: “It’s time we had a warlike leader who is going to go toe-to-toe” with Democrats.

From Seattle Times

“If we react to the current crisis with a warlike reaction,” said Marco Alverà, chief executive of Snam, the Italian natural gas company, “we can do a lot in six months.”

From New York Times

“And that requires warlike efforts which we are not doing right now.”

From Science Magazine

He seemed not so much paranoid about challenges to him but warlike, savoring his future retributions.

From New York Times

It tips our hand and sets us into a warlike defensive posture before we’re even out of the gate, projecting onto unknown aliens the limitations of our own thinking.

From Washington Post