Sentence examples for as a belligerent from inspiring English sources

As a belligerent controversialist himself, Pagels suggests, Athanasius liked its belligerently controversial qualities.

Or as a belligerent riverdancing alcoholic.

Elsewhere," turns up as a belligerent doctor in Baltimore.

From Congo, Rwanda is seen as a belligerent power plundering its wealth.

The government has repeatedly refused to grant the rebel group formal recognition as a belligerent.

Nadal has been described as a "belligerent, inelegant grinder," a "side of beef" and a "street thug crashing a cotillion".

As well as being a belligerent batsman, he was a right-arm fast-medium swing bowler known for his ability to move the ball, and a powerful outfielder.

But he insists that the blame for the tube strike that brought London to a halt lies squarely in others' hands: "intransigent management" is at fault, as well as Boris Johnson for a "belligerent approach".

Article 2 is binding as between a belligerent Power which is a party to the Convention and neutral Powers which are also parties to the Convention.

Whether it was human rights abuses or military intervention in Yemen, outsiders have criticized the Gulf state as both a belligerent regional power and a hub of Sunni religious extremism.

The programme in question is the HBO comedy Eastbound and Down, co-produced by Will Ferrell and starring Danny McBride as Kenny Powers, a belligerent and obnoxious failed baseball star who has been forced to take a humiliating job as gym teacher in his old junior high school in North Carolina.