Sentence examples for bit of combative from inspiring English sources

Then there was that semicomical bit of combative gamesmanship in the third period, when Adam Graves crowded the crease, his back to the goalie.

'An expert team of bearded axe-wielding re-enactors will demonstrate weaving, dyeing, meal preparation, wood, leather and metalworking, arrow-making and, of course, the odd bit of combative dispute resolution,' he says.

But it's more difficult to gauge mental illness, and when someone suffering an affliction of the mind, there is often a bit of combative, off-putting behavior that accompanies it.

Mexico city club music collective NAAFI has been in a bit of a combative mood these past few months.

The timing of this latest deceleration in consumer confidence is interesting because it occurred at the point when the then-unresolved presidential election contest was getting just a little bit more combative than usual.

The result, she admitted, was "a lot of combative conversations".

Central to this is a caveat on the use of combative and militaristic language in communicating climate action.

Patrick's remarks, on the other hand, were a bit more combative.

Stewart, uncharacteristically serious in tone, exposed the limitations of combative left-right political conversation.

The identified neuronal systems can be further probed to guide the development of combative therapeutic routes.

Town manager Mick McCarthy was in particularly prickly form post-match, defending his selection of a combative central midfield pairing with: "Yeah, we might lose a bit of that sexyness but who gives a fuck?