Sample Sentences for
belligerent
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  • He strutted around with a belligerent and tough attitude.  (source)
    belligerent = hostile (as though eager to fight)
  • ...the Indians were not belligerent and it was apparent that Gus had merely struck the wrong bunch at the wrong time, in the wrong manner.  (source)
    belligerent = hostile (eager to fight)
  • "How do you spell 'belligerent'?"  (source)
    belligerent = a word that means "hostile" or "eager to fight"
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  • But I imagine Father was belligerent about it.  (source)
    belligerent = hostile (had an attitude of one eager to fight)
  • "That's my bike," I say. "What are you talking about?" he answers, belligerently. He is prepared to fight  (source)
    belligerently = with an attitude of one eager to fight
  • Someone needs to be able to shoot potential belligerents,  (source)
    belligerents = people engaged in a fight or war
  • The Inspector's tone was belligerent.  (source)
    belligerent = hostile (with the attitude of one eager to fight)
  • Now Lennie retorted belligerently, "He ain't neither. George won't do nothing like that. ... He's nice to me."  (source)
    belligerently = in a hostile manner
  • According to the Red Cross International Convention, the army medical personnel must not take part in the military operations of the belligerents.†  (source)
  • There was also hopeless confusion in the corridors of the centre, where a mood of belligerent self-confidence prevailed.  (source)
    belligerent = combative (eager to fight)
  • I ask warily but less belligerently.  (source)
    belligerently = with an attitude of one eager to fight
  • So far, not a word had been exchanged between the belligerents.†  (source)
  • The belligerent, I'm-sticking-up-for-my-rights way George was looking at him had sparked Jack's own temper.  (source)
    belligerent = eager to fight
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