Sentence examples for contentious people from inspiring English sources

He told the BBC: "Safety cameras are contentious, people dispute whether they work.

Like the contentious people in his book, he wants to leave behind students who are in love with discovery.

Mr. Ferrari, the juror, said the scene in the jury room often became contentious; people talked over one another or broke off to deliberate in groups.

You can see when you see so many contentious people who are unwilling to spend money outside of their own particular area of concern.

In "The Other Wind," a new novel, Le Guin takes a hardheaded look at the efforts of Earthsea's contentious peoples to live together.

"In the Night Kitchen" has become contentious, among people I hope never to meet, for its mild nudity: We get peeks at Mickey's penis and testicles.

"Obviously, the issue of towers can be contentious when people want services but don't want the facilities," said Jackie McCarthy, a spokeswoman for PCIA — the Wireless Infrastructure Association, which lobbies for the tower and antenna siting industry.

But the polls are contentious: many people resent being told what they should be listening to, and complain that the results are skewed in favour of major-label acts (even the impeccably alternative Blog Sound poll tips several Universal Records artists).

But he said the debate becomes contentious since people have strong reactions to gun control proposals.

Another source in the room said the exchange was not entirely contentious as people were simply expressing frustration about the fact that "we just came out of an election where the right wing and the Republicans distorted what was going on".

In America, that access means that the consequences of contentious interactions between people can more readily turn deadly.