Sentence examples for becoming belligerent from inspiring English sources

BE FAIR AND REASONABLE -- Avoid becoming belligerent, whiney or insulting in your correspondence.

Each time the man, David Tarloff, found her, trouble eventually ensued, with Mr. Tarloff becoming belligerent and threatening the home's workers, according to officials and court records.

A 17-year-old who appeared to be under the influence and provided false identification was arrested after becoming belligerent during a field sobriety test, and a 21-year-old was also booked on suspicion of drug possession.

Thugs hired by the government are becoming more belligerent.

Anti-Israeli rhetoric from Syria, Iraq and Iran is becoming increasingly belligerent.

Now he says the army defectors are becoming more belligerent, attacking checkpoints, armed pro-regime gangs and military equipment.

Its client and neighbor North Korea is becoming more belligerent by the week, and Beijing is still playing cynical diplomacy-as-usual.

"Upon arrival, it was ascertained that Morrison had been becoming increasingly belligerent toward his wife during the course of the evening, culminating in his choking her by the neck with both hands," the Darien Police Department said in a statement.

"Upon arrival," the Darien Police Department said in a statement, "it was ascertained that Morrison had been becoming increasingly belligerent toward his wife during the course of the evening, culminating in his choking her by the neck with both hands".

Belgium had pursued a policy of neutrality since its independence in 1830, successfully avoiding becoming a belligerent in the Franco-Prussian War (1870 71).

With North Korea becoming more belligerent by the day and even threatening nuclear war, it seems that at least two thirds of the original "Axis of Evil" line-up will be singing in tune for quite some time, with a potentially profound impact on US foreign policy in the next year or two.