The phrase "contentious relations" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to relationships that are marked by disagreement or conflict. Example: The contentious relations between the two countries have been ongoing for decades, with multiple failed attempts at peace negotiations.
"I cannot well imagine governments having contentious relations with a country of the size and importance of Italy," he said.
After the war, Ross was so exhausted, so worn down by his editorial struggles and his contentious relations with Fleischmann, that he threatened to resign.
The United States won easily, 88-51, Istanbulbul to earn a top seed in the knockout round in the first meeting between two countries with a history of contentious relations.
Given his often contentious relations with the news media in the United States, this gig is one of the greatest punch lines of the new chapter of his life.
His tenure has since mirrored the roller-coaster ride of the entire industry, as United has gone in and out of bankruptcy, had contentious relations with its unions and suffered steep losses.
In fact, they were Spitzeresque," the State Senate majority leader, Dean G. Skelos, said in a statement that referred to former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his famously strained and contentious relations with the Legislature.
But her supporters offer a variety of possible explanations, including her sometimes-contentious relations with people like the chancellor and her role as a strong woman in a culture where strong women are not welcomed.
American Airlines, which is going through bankruptcy proceedings and has been dealing with contentious labor relations, has also performed poorly.
More than 2,500 of Yale University workers went on strike today as undergraduates began returning to campus, solidifying Yale's reputation as having the most contentious labor relations of any university in the nation.
Contentious labor relations, unstable fuel costs, brutal competition and financial woes have long been synonymous with so-called legacy carriers those hub-and-spoke holdovers that collectively have lost $23 billion since the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The tensions and erosion of customary norms and practices that are precipitated by sedentarisation are accelerated by the invasion of P. juliflora, and contentious state relations (Barrow et al. 2007) are placed under increased pressure by a call to action from all parties.
