Sentence examples for belligerent assertion from inspiring English sources
"Proof, not belligerent assertion.
The assertion of belligerent anti-immigrant ideas, meanwhile, appears as a defiant reclamation of lost enjoyment in the face of tyrannical "political correctness".
"In the case of the above individual, the board reached the conclusion that there was no evidence to doubt that the person was a civilian status, and there was no evidence to support an assertion that he had committed a belligerent act against coalition forces," said the document, signed by Col. Alan Ecke, the camp commander.
Substitute the word "rogue" for "belligerent," and you begin to hear echoes of President Bush's assertion that a missile defense system will protect the nation from the threats and demands of distant tyrants, terrorists and madmen.
Nonetheless, her aides have counseled her to seize on the issue as a way to emphasize two of her main differences with her opponent: her assertion that he has a weak record in administering the city schools, and her claim that he is too belligerent to serve in a collegial body like the Senate.
Its widespread adoption amounted to official assertion that, in time of war, trade by sea could be conducted only with the approval of belligerents.
He was intensely belligerent.
Russia is more belligerent.
"It means belligerent, argumentative, confrontational".
Sir Malcolm Rifkind was more belligerent.
