Sentence examples for combative warning from inspiring English sources
Some seven hours before the former ExxonMobil chief Rex Tillerson was sworn in as Secretary of State, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn strode to the podium in a packed White House Briefing Room and, without advance notice, issued a combative warning to a foreign power.
Mr. Geithner has been cautious about not seeming to push China hard in public, and he was conspicuously silent about the renminbi during March, when the Chinese Commerce Ministry issued combative statements warning that American pressure on the currency issue could lead to a trade war.
Formerly combative Republicans are warning him not to become a partisan obstructionist.
Julius Malema, the leader of the African National Congress youth wing who has emerged as one of South Africa's most powerful politicians, responded to the decision to suspend him from the ruling party in combative fashion yesterday, warning his senior colleagues that "the gloves are off".
Much may rest on the reliability and security of these aging machines after an unprecedentedly combative presidential campaign that is ending with Donald Trump warning repeatedly of a "rigged election" and his refusal at Wednesday's debate to commit to accepting the results on Nov. 8.
Some failed to heed the warning from Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey to leave; and, in his typical combative way, the governor called holdouts "both stupid and selfish".
Mr. Abrams, a combative advocate of Israel's interests, had after all opposed the Oslo peace efforts in the early 1990's, warning that Mr. Arafat could not be trusted.
Not that he was combative.
He is not being combative.
