Sentence examples for contentious manner from inspiring English sources

In a letter to the Hirshhorn and the Smithsonian Institution that runs it, Ms. Caplan complained about the "contentious manner and lack of inclusiveness with which a number of trustees and staff associated with the Hirshhorn and the Smithsonian have behaved over the past year".

Most companies set quarterly goals in a contentious manner.

The production team for The World At War soon heard about Becker's material, and wove it into the series in a manner less contentious than in Swastika.

On the other side of the velvet rope in the queue for heaven's guestlist (and it is not for us to speculate as to whose arrival at the clipboard will be met with a stern "Your name's not down, you're not coming in"), the death of Malcolm McLaren was, appropriately enough, the cue for all manner of contentious comments.

After all, there are already lots of American troops in the country, taking part in all manner of less contentious exercises.

Amid the squabbling, several people pointed out that however shabby the Reading tree might look, it had done the unexpected: brought people together to talk about a contentious issue in a peaceful manner, at a time when cities across the country were being rocked by angry protests over the deaths of two unarmed black men at the hands of police.

The agreement has already paid off by addressing a highly contentious and longstanding dispute in a peaceful manner.

Forcing companies to account in a reasonable manner for their pensions was a contentious issue at one time.

Many Democrats, meanwhile, declined to join in the ovation; they could be seen turning back to their seats, forgoing what might, in less contentious times, be a routine gesture of good manners.

But the manner of the win at the Breisgau was contentious, as Müller conceded.

The slug-like organism fed by scratching the microbial surface on which it dwelt in a manner similar to the molluscs, although its affinity with this group is contentious.