Sentence examples for a contentious figure from inspiring English sources

Troemel was a contentious figure on campus.

But despite his status, he remains a contentious figure.

But the operation made him a contentious figure in Russia.

That's what makes him such a contentious figure.

Duke has always been a contentious figure in Louisiana politics.

The general is a contentious figure, even among historians.

In Missouri, Rex is a deeply contentious figure, a looming giant of local politics -Tyrannosaurus Rex, he's been called.

He remains, of course, a highly contentious figure: a hi-tech hero to his many supporters in Australia and elsewhere, or a cyber terrorist according to some lawmakers in the US.

All that has now changed, with Mayor Giuliani out of the contest because of prostate cancer, and Mrs. Clinton, in the eyes of these voters, a less contentious figure than she was a year ago.

Seen as a zealous prosecutor of financial crime, Mr. Cordray is a similarly contentious figure among bankers and lobbyists.

Cardinal Bertone has emerged as a central, contentious figure in the VatiLeaks drama.