Sentence examples for belligerent actions from inspiring English sources

"But the belligerent actions that the North Koreans have demonstrated over the past many weeks I don't think provide anybody the confidence that they're even remotely ready to resume in a responsible way those talks".

The union claimed the "belligerent" actions of senior Home Office officials mean the department faces days of industrial action and disruption instead of just a half-day stoppage which hit other parts of Whitehall earlier this month.

Broadly, those members with claims in the South China Sea themselves Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei, supported by Singapore and Thailand want ASEAN to register serious concerns over what they see as China's belligerent actions to enforce its claims in the waters of the South China Sea and over the Spratly, Paracel and other islands and atolls.

Liberal nationalists have also expressed support for belligerent actions like the Russian annexation of Crimea.

President Obama will continue to overlook Iran's belligerent actions, including ballistic missile launches and the detention of US sailors by the Iranian forces, until he leaves office.

This and other belligerent actions, like the recent arrest of eight employees of the British embassy for playing a "significant role" in inciting violence, should make it clear why President Obama's measured approach to the Iranian regime's actions is the right stance for the United States.

The White House called on North Korea to "halt its belligerent action".

That may prove tricky if a power struggle in North Korea prompts the country to take belligerent action against the South.

Whether the Security Council should take action would be an awkward question, as doing so could provide North Korea into further belligerent action.

The White House statement, released early Tuesday morning, strongly condemned the North, calling on it to "halt its belligerent action and to fully abide by the terms of the Armistice Agreement," which ended the Korean War in 1953.

But "war" can also refer to the belligerent action of only one side —— for example, the war that Britain fought against Germany, which was a part of World War II.