Sentence examples for bellicose with from inspiring English sources

Putin sounded bellicose with regard to Turkey, which last month downed a Russian jet.

Williams slowly walked to the other side of the baseline looking bellicose, with a scowl and her nostrils flared.

Hitchens could be pompous, arrogant and bellicose, with more than a dash of the western supremacist about him.

Mussolini watched the progress of Hitler's war with bitterness and alarm, becoming more and more bellicose with each fresh German victory, while frequently expressing hope that the Germans would be slowed down or would meet with some reverse that would satisfy his personal envy and give Italy breathing space.

Richard Atwood, New York director of the International Crisis Group, said in an interview that he was worried that growing civilian casualties, as well as the Trump administration's decision to become more bellicose with Iran, could backfire and weaken the fight against the Islamic State.

Less reassuring were Mr. Trump's schoolboy taunts of "Rocket Man," his sobriquet for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, and his threats, if the United States is "forced to defend itself or its allies. . . to totally destroy North Korea". The leader of a powerful nation makes himself sound simultaneously weak and bellicose with such bluster.

Hagel: "North Korea, with its bellicose rhetoric, with its actions, has been skating very close to a dangerous line.... it is very important that that rhetoric be ratcheted down, that those actions be neutralized.

But they are suddenly dealing with another problem: an impulsive and bellicose businessman with an army of loyal supporters willing to exact retribution against elected officials they feel have abandoned them.

No help was forthcoming from Stephen's brother Theobald this time either, who appears to have been preoccupied with his own problems with France the new French king, Louis VII, had rejected his father's regional alliance, improving relations with Anjou and taking a more bellicose line with Theobald, which would result in war the following year.

While Trump has resorted to bellicose rhetoric with North Korea, Tillerson has repeatedly advocated for diplomacy, with support from Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis.

Ian MacKaye had his fill of bellicose machismo with Minor Threat, and eventually drew up the blueprint for alt-rock with Fugazi, who would kiss potential stagedivers back into the audience and condemn slamdancers.