Sentence examples for adversarial as from inspiring English sources

A reform in 1989 aimed to make it adversarial, as in English-speaking countries.

Media coverage about David's killing sounded as impersonal and adversarial as a prosecutor's opening statement.

In brief, they argue that America's political parties have become as vehemently adversarial as the parties in a parliamentary system.

It makes things feel adversarial, as if a family's agreeing on what to hang in the dining room is a laughable idea.

Officials on both sides say they expect the two nations' relationship to become increasingly adversarial as they maneuver the endgame in Afghanistan, where Pakistan and the United States have deep — and conflicting — security interests.

"I don't want it to be as adversarial as it can end up being but it is trying to give a gentle prod at how people's behaviour can be at these festivals".

Political analysts said that his selection indicated that there must have been an agreement between the nation's adversarial factions — as well as between Saudi Arabia, which supports Mr. Hariri, and Syria, which supports the opposition.

Perhaps this camaraderie could return to the halls of our current adversarial Congress and White House as well.

Mr. Bush's failure to build a broad coalition of public support would contribute to his precipitous slide in public opinion, as the war bogged down; and his administration's highly partisan approach to governing would fuel efforts on the part of liberal activists to push the Democratic Party into a more confrontational, adversarial stance as well.

When I was a little boy growing up in Uruguay, being raised by affectionate and loving parents and three siblings, who were as adversarial and loving as you would expect in any family, I was a unique creature highly artistic, highly sensitive, and totally swishy.

"It's likely offensive techniques are deployed in very limited scenarios, where the countries involved view the level of the threat from adversarial retaliation as being less effective," James Hadley, who now serves as CEO of Immersive Labs, told VICE News.