Sentence examples for bellicose posturing from inspiring English sources

War would wreck the atmosphere: but so, too, might a premature peace that could not stick.Whatever peace moves are being made behind the scenes, the public stage is still overshadowed by bellicose posturing.

I remind myself that the war in Iraq started with bellicose posturing and photographs.

America, he added, must forgo "unilateral and bullying policies toward Iran".Some analysts suspect that Mr Rohani's diplomatic manner, especially after Mr Ahmadinejad's bellicose posturing, will divert attention from Iran's nuclear programme, perhaps even smoothing its advance.

One thing was sure: After two years of bellicose posturing, the last weeks of September and the first few days of October would show who was serious.

In sharp contrast with the bellicose posturing of his predecessor, former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Rouhani has kept expectations low in regard to Iran providing military aid to Syrian President Bashar Assad if Western forces attack him.

This, in spite of his brash style, infamous scowl, bellicose posture, controversial immigration position, and made-for-comedy hair.

But this Israeli government, clearly the most right-wing in the nation's history, has adopted a very bellicose posture.

Western sanctions levied against Russia over its annexation of Crimea and Putin's bellicose posture toward Ukraine have undermined research too, according to the Associated Press.

The Pentagon, which recently unveiled a nuclear policy revamp based partly on the bellicose posture from Moscow, said it was not surprised by Putin's presentation.

Consequences have included the suspension of cooperation between the U.S. and Russia on reciprocal inspections of nuclear facilities and discussions on possible further bilateral stockpile reductions, as well as a rise in bellicose nuclear rhetoric and posturing.

This bellicose pose suited him.