Sentence examples for combative air from inspiring English sources

In reality his slightly combative air would soften, usually within minutes, into warmth, good humour and touching generosity.

His performances are brash, intellectually aggressive, and self-deconstructive, nowhere more so than in his recording of "'Round Midnight," a mighty twenty-one-minute quest for the heart of the composition; the performance has a combative air, as Monk pounced on his own tune to reclaim it with harmonic daring and a leonine attack.

The brother in New York travels to LA -- not without adventures -- and they have a combative, air-clearing meal.

Footage of Blum's combative television interview aired just before the town hall meeting started.

The work reflected the tension of life in Israel, where, Shechter says, "there's a combative feeling in the air.

Impulsive, giggly and combative, she exudes the air of a careless rich girl bursting out of a bubble, until the moment her stern, watchful mother, Anne Joan Allenn), puts her foot down and ends the relationship.

Best of all, this is a proud and focused heavy metal album that eschews current trends in favour of great songs, massive grooves, blazing lead breaks and a disarming air of combative euphoria.

By then, "Long John" was in his prime, powerfully combative both in the air and on the ground, crisp and clean in his work on the ball, and with a long, loping stride which enabled him to eat up the yards with deceptive pace.

Last week, the Cruz campaign launched a combative TV ad timed to air during a major college football game in Iowa.

It's a tough call to conjure the choreography's erotic, combative tension out of thin air, but Acosta is particularly fine, both in his boldly assured partnering and in his embodiment of style – austere neoclassicism edged with jazzy syncopation and antic gusts of energy.

In the second spot, "Arnold Warmups," the former governor does a few stretching moves, including appearing to touch his toes, before picking up a ping-pong paddle and taking a few combative practice swings in the air.