Sentence examples for a less contentious from inspiring English sources

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.

The supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will steer the succession towards a less contentious figure.

But it was a less contentious race than the one two years ago.

"In time those youngsters could well prevail, and the world will be a less contentious place".

Should he run for the Democratic nomination, Joe Biden has a less contentious record to deal with.

There are, of course, plenty of explanations for why Mr. Obama's election did not usher in a less contentious political moment.

"He had an opportunity to shepherd in a new epoch in labor relations, and in a much less contentious way," said Andrew Zimbalist, an economics professor at Smith College.

Although I was primarily interested in how that right made us a rich nation, a corollary is that we were also a much less contentious nation.

If you haven’t signed a prenuptial agreement on the division of assets, it may not be too late to arrange a postnuptial deal that would make a divorce less contentious.

But in this particular case, it surely offers Mr Kerry a better line of attack.First, it is a far less contentious charge to prove.

"It was a lot less contentious," Mr. Bloomberg said.