Sentence examples for bellicose stand from inspiring English sources

Hours later, Hollande also toned down his bellicose stand.

The Israeli prime minister's apparently less bellicose stand seems to have been co-ordinated with the White House.

The South Koreans accuse Japan of bellicose rhetoric over its claim.

Mr. Guzman showed little of what the lawyers for the detectives — and even Justice Cooperman — suggested was a bellicose demeanor on the witness stand.

In a war-era pop culture filled with mawkish and bellicose patriotism, "God Bless America" stood out: more of a benediction than a rally-round-the-flag fight song, it both registered Americans' anxiety and provided a sense of reassurance and communal uplift.

On Thursday, he stood by the bellicose statement he made earlier in the week — in which he said that if North Korea kept up its threats, it could face "fire and fury like the world has never seen" — telling reporters that "if anything, maybe that statement wasn't tough enough".

"But listen to him and he stands out as a bellicose drug warrior".

Cahill's tough-guy attitude stood out, even on the bellicose Zephyr team, which began with 12 members.

Three other members of the Security Council, France, Russia and China -- all ardent believers in Saddam's continuance in power -- would lean on the U.S. not to be so bellicose as to insist the U.N. hold fast to its stand.

As candidates look for ways to stand out, their debates could push some to sound even more bellicose.

Here's a summary of where things stand: US secretary of state John Kerry delivered a strongly worded, to some ears bellicose, speech in which he said a large-scale, indiscriminate chemical weapons attack occurred last week in Syria and there's little doubt it was perpetrated by the Assad regime.