Sentence examples for combative conversations from inspiring English sources

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

In fact, in the jobs that I've had to do, we've had difficult and sometimes combative conversations," she said.

Unproductive, combative conversations in which the same points are argued over and over should be set aside for a day or two before resuming discussions.

PAGE A27 A TALK-SHOW BOUNTY -- The election dispute is good news for political talk shows, which foresee years of combative conversation.

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

The pair have promised to reveal all about their 30-year broadcasting careers in conversation with the combative LBC DJ Nick Ferrari.

The conversation quickly turned combative.

What we get are frank conversations: sometimes a little combative, sometimes a little bit showboating, but mostly well-articulated positions about the importance of art, independence and refusing to do anything the easy way.

The remainder of the conversation became much less combative and more of a give and take between the two parties rather than a lecture from on high.

There was a dynamic, combative quality to most of his conversation (mischievous wind-up was a favourite mode and, though he did not drink alcohol, he occasionally dipped his barbs in curare) but when the subject was mining and miners, a tone of wistful reverie invaded his voice.

PAGE A16 TO BE A FLY ON THAT WALL Bill Clinton and Barack Obama had their first telephone conversation since the end of a combative campaign in an attempt to clear the air following a series of tense exchanges rooted in race and the Clinton administration's record.