Sentence examples for confrontational connotation from inspiring English sources

Last week, at another news conference, he cut off a reporter who used the word "maintain" in a question, calling the word inappropriate because of its confrontational connotation.

TOO confrontational?

"Confrontational step?

Too confrontational.

None were confrontational.

"I'm very confrontational.

Corridos are not confrontational.

Now this is confrontational.

Is he confrontational?

"The connotation, mainly, is crime".

"Basement has an ugly connotation".