Explore Bellicose through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like combative or aggressive. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bellicose in a sentence
Bellicose meaning
- Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.
- Showing or having the impulse to be combative.
Synonyms of Bellicose
Using Bellicose
- The main meaning on this page is: Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile. | Showing or having the impulse to be combative.
- Useful related words include: battleful, combative, aggressive.
- In the example corpus, bellicose often appears in combinations such as: and bellicose, bellicose rhetoric, the bellicose.
Context around Bellicose
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bellicose
- In this selection, "bellicose" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, citing, reiterating, ever, rhetoric, aspirations and blogger stand out and add context to how "bellicose" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bellicose donald trump and and a bellicose blogger on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bellicose" sits close to words such as actinium, adherent and adipose, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bellicose
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Citing “bellicose rhetoric” on both sides, Guterres warned Friday that the risk of all-out war was real. (18 words)
The signs are there and could be spotted in the bellicose pronouncements and actions of the warmonger Donald Trump. (19 words)
Trump appeared to respond to such threats with tweets justifying Soleimani's killing and matching the bellicose language from Iran. (20 words)
Pence and Pompeo may have campaigned for an attack on Iran, but there’s no evidence that Trump — the actual president — has planned for the consequences, or has a rationale for the strike other than his usual brand of bellicose nationalism. (41 words)
Asked directly whether he worries this bellicose denunciation of the Communist superpower will harm two-way trade, the Minister replies: 'There shouldn't be negative effects in that we both - Australia and China - recognise that we have different systems. (39 words)
Brussels’ tone has been less bellicose, and von der Leyen has made it clear that the EU will respect UK sovereignty after the post-Brexit transition period, but neither side is yet ready to compromise on core principles. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
In an article published in Le Monde, some fifty French lawmakers criticised a project that would once again place Europeans "in a situation of new dependence on a state with bellicose aspirations".
Medvedev - a close ally of Putin and a bellicose blogger on the war in Ukraine - had known him since they were graduate students at St Petersburg State University, say reports.
A patient CCP that has consistently struggled, via a long-term strategy of growing power, is thus under-estimated by a bellicose conventional warfare narrative.
Citing “bellicose rhetoric” on both sides, Guterres warned Friday that the risk of all-out war was real.
In a speech celebrating the 76th anniversary of North Korea’s founding on Monday, Kim pledged to “exponentially” expand the regime’s nuclear arsenal, reiterating bellicose rhetoric he has used in the past.
One paradox of the nuclear age is that it has often been the most bellicose leaders who become the most committed — and who are the most effective — at securing arms control deals and shrinking global stockpiles.
They have tarnished the image of a compassionate G-d, replacing it with a bellicose deity who supposedly revels in the death of innocents.
As a result of his ever bellicose reputation, many unsuspecting political adversaries had, to their own peril, seen him as unstable and one to be ignored.
Asked directly whether he worries this bellicose denunciation of the Communist superpower will harm two-way trade, the Minister replies: 'There shouldn't be negative effects in that we both - Australia and China - recognise that we have different systems.
Boisterous and bellicose, he thanked the audience for their well-wishes and declared he was no longer contagious as he embarked on a frenetic final stretch of the campaign.
Brussels’ tone has been less bellicose, and von der Leyen has made it clear that the EU will respect UK sovereignty after the post-Brexit transition period, but neither side is yet ready to compromise on core principles.
On June 17, Indian Prime Minister Nahrendra Modi—seen by as a promoter of a bellicose Hindu nationalism—, “The sovereignty and integrity of India is supreme, and nobody can stop us in defending that.
Pence and Pompeo may have campaigned for an attack on Iran, but there’s no evidence that Trump — the actual president — has planned for the consequences, or has a rationale for the strike other than his usual brand of bellicose nationalism.
The signs are there and could be spotted in the bellicose pronouncements and actions of the warmonger Donald Trump.
Trump appeared to respond to such threats with tweets justifying Soleimani's killing and matching the bellicose language from Iran.
Within months of Trump taking office, aides noticed he was beginning to lose support among women, particularly those in the suburbs, who were turned off by some of his callous behavior and bellicose tweets.
A bellicose Donald Trump unleashed furious attacks Wednesday on the impeachment inquiry launched against him by Democrats, amid an intensifying standoff between the president and Congress.
His bellicose rhetoric about North Korea led to unprecedented talks with its leader, Kim Jong-un, although a nuclear agreement remains elusive.
President Trump wrapped up a at the American Airlines Center in Dallas with a bellicose verbal barrage against the Democrats leading an impeachment inquiry against him.
To put it simply, these people, who dominate the current administration, see North Korea as a misunderstood brother, a country whose ostensibly dangerous and bellicose behavior is very largely a result of its uneasy economic situation.
Common combinations with bellicose
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: