argumentative

Example Sentences

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But after a few hours, she’d start talking to herself, or turn swiftly argumentative.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

Or even to prevent triggering and problematic contestants from infiltrating a space that could harm a woman, a woman whose family history has aleady been marked with argumentative, angry parents.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2024

He had a shorter temper and was argumentative with family members in a way he never had been before the crash.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2024

The plant’s management complained that he was demanding and argumentative, and his supervisor barred him from returning.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2023

“Not five minutes to spare even for your friends Miss Fairfax and Miss Bates? How unlucky! Miss Bates’s powerful, argumentative mind might have strengthened yours.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen