Belligerent in a sentence

Adult brown widows were less belligerent, the researchers found, and significantly less likely to successfully kill a black widow hiding in an established web.

China is certainly no friend of the United States, and the competition between the two countries is growing more intense – and frequently belligerent — every day.

China's belligerent military moves around rival Taiwan.

Chow's gas station is a hotbed of shoplifting and violent run-ins with belligerent customers.

Credible signals of strength and commitment will force a belligerent actor to rethink a possible invasion or to settle quickly if combat operations have begun.

Freedom fighter Udham Singh, who was among those who were injured in the massacre, assasinated Michael O’Dwyer, the then lieutenant-governor of Punjab and belligerent apologist for Reginald Dyer, as his retaliation.

Hogan was smart enough to know what he could and couldn’t do without splintering this state into belligerent political camps fixated on getting one over on the competition.

However any future change of government, the agenda, an aggressive rejection of any contact from opposition parties will return both countries to a belligerent stalemate.

In addition to the belligerent delay tactics of Trump and his legal teams, Willis has already made some missteps, causing her to be viewed by some as too partisan.

Lyman said Strickland was intoxicated and increasingly belligerent during their encounter and then assaulted Lyman and his partner, both of whom claimed Strickland grabbed a dagger-like, fixed-blade knife that had fallen from Lyman’s utility vest.

Russia may well emerge from the war poor, belligerent, and with President Vladimir Putin still in power.

The ban has prompted the Congress and the Left student unions to organise defiant public screenings on university campuses, often braving belligerent BJP workers and legal jeopardy.

The driver soon regretted his decision, because the obviously intoxicated man became belligerent with several of the other passengers.

The lawyer added: “The incident took place on a street where the victim and his friends, the Crown would concede, were belligerent and aggressive.

The original team of X-Men were captured by the then belligerent Krakoa.

After ending a run of 26 Test innings without a ton in the third Test in Brisbane, Smith followed up with a belligerent 140 to help Australia post 474 in their first innings.

A Ukraine defeat means China becoming more aggressive with Taiwan and eventually invading; North Korea becoming more belligerent, unpredictable and provocative; and Iran expanding its proxy attacks on international shipping and U.S. forces.

But it all shows the belligerent attitude of this man and his party.

He directed his anger at the receptionist, pointing at him and making threats; he was then ‘belligerent’ to police officers who intervened.

He's up against the belligerent Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida Judge Craig DeThomasis, whose favorite pastime is yelling at the defendant and his lawyers for hours without hearing any evidence while coddling the plaintiff.