How do you use Contentious in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like combative or disputatious, plus the exact meaning.
Contentious meaning
- Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
- Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.
Synonyms of Contentious
Using Contentious
- The main meaning on this page is: Marked by heated arguments or controversy. | Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.
- Useful related words include: combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious.
- In the example corpus, contentious often appears in combinations such as: the contentious, most contentious, contentious issues.
Context around Contentious
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contentious
- In this selection, "contentious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, combine, non, oversaw, issues, work and proposal stand out and add context to how "contentious" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a contentious hobart waterfront and a domestically contentious plan to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contentious" sits close to words such as beneficiaries, charleston and customize, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contentious
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Away from LIV, there is a contentious MLR to discuss. (10 words)
Another contender, Vivek Ramaswamy, sat for a contentious interview with former CNN personality Don Lemon. (15 words)
Avoid difficulties with friends or members of groups today by postponing contentious discussions for another day. (16 words)
After buying the site for $44 billion in late October, Musk made significant staff reductions and oversaw contentious policy changes that frequently resulted in service interruptions and, as tech watchers have remarked, damaged Musk’s reputation. (36 words)
After some contentious VAR decisions, which did not go the Jambos way, Shankland then produced further magic as he once again beat the Wells goalkeeper to double the Jambos lead in the 71st minute. (34 words)
As part of its exit agreement, Britain signed an accord with Brussels known as the Northern Ireland protocol to avoid imposing politically contentious checks along the 500-km (310-mile) land border with Ireland. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
The vast majority of Nigerian lawyers combine contentious and non-contentious work, although there is a growing tendency for practitioners in the bigger practices to specialise in one or the other.
A bicameral conference committee hearing was held on Wednesday to reconcile conflicting provisions between the chambers’ versions of the contentious proposal.
A contentious Hobart waterfront stadium project, a prerequisite for Tasmania’s inclusion in the AFL, is set to face an independent planning assessment.
After buying the site for $44 billion in late October, Musk made significant staff reductions and oversaw contentious policy changes that frequently resulted in service interruptions and, as tech watchers have remarked, damaged Musk’s reputation.
After some contentious VAR decisions, which did not go the Jambos way, Shankland then produced further magic as he once again beat the Wells goalkeeper to double the Jambos lead in the 71st minute.
A government inquiry into the rejection of a contentious £269million road project will be held in December.
All three have urged Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT), who is whether to throw his hat in the ring, to sit this cycle out in hopes of preventing a contentious primary.
And this issue is growing more contentious as employers monitor what remote workers are doing outside of the confines of traditional offices.
Another contender, Vivek Ramaswamy, sat for a contentious interview with former CNN personality Don Lemon.
Appearing before a senate inquiry into the government’s contentious industrial relations legislation, representatives from Qantas said the airline’s viability relied on arrangements that allowed it to employ staff through separate entities.
As a Yeovil player 19 years ago, Johnson scored a contentious hat-trick for Yeovil - then managed by his dad Gary - in a 3-2 Carling Cup victory over south coast rivals Plymouth.
As part of its exit agreement, Britain signed an accord with Brussels known as the Northern Ireland protocol to avoid imposing politically contentious checks along the 500-km (310-mile) land border with Ireland.
As with all predictions of an unknown future, there is little guidance about which is more likely to occur, leading to AI becoming one of the most contentious issues of our times.
As with previous technological breakthroughs, AI places on society’s agenda both new issues and old contentious ones.
Avoid difficulties with friends or members of groups today by postponing contentious discussions for another day.
Away from LIV, there is a contentious MLR to discuss.
A week before contentious new breach-disclosure regulations take effect, authorities have outlined the process U.S. public companies will need to follow if they want to delay reporting a particular attack.
Bilateral relations thawed after Yoon’s conservative government in March announced a domestically contentious plan to use local corporate funds to compensate the forced labor victims without demanding Japanese contributions.
But each Session was marred by disruptions and many crucial, and contentious, Bills passed with little to no discussion.
But in the current atmosphere of positivity, and with the existing framework for consultation and cooperation, contentious issues can be resolved amicably.
Common combinations with contentious
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the contentious 20×
- most contentious 15×
- contentious issues 15×
- contentious and 8×
- contentious issue 7×
- of contentious 6×
- been contentious 6×
- after contentious 6×
- highly contentious 6×
- is contentious 5×