Sentence examples for contentious session from inspiring English sources

Last week, the league and union bargained for six straight days, ending with a brief, contentious session last Sunday.

The board meeting followed a long and contentious session with the Treasury's special master for compensation, Kenneth R. Feinberg.

The measure, sponsored by Councilwoman Christine Quinn of Manhattan, right, passed after a contentious session by a vote of 34 to 7, with 4 abstentions.

At Harvard's IOP, it all gushed forth, creating perhaps the most contentious session that this series of conferences, which began in 1972, had ever seen.

Reich, a character witness submitted by the Republicans, said in an interview that he had a contentious session with Democratic aides over his testimony.

In New Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appealed for "calm and sobriety during this period of loss and mourning" and canceled a dinner with opposition lawmakers to discuss a contentious session of Parliament that is scheduled to start on Thursday.

Perhaps one of the most poignant and politely contentious sessions was one in which African children sat face to face with representatives of their governments.

Yet, over five or so contentious sessions, the lawmakers have come to what Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell Jr., the Democratic co-chairman of the committee, described as some broad understandings.

Asked by a reporter about the change from sticks to carrots, Richard Holbrooke, the special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan who has had contentious sessions with Karzai, replied: "No, I certainly don't think it's changed".

Sir John's insistence that the panel hold as many of its hearings in public as possible, and allow live television coverage — another break with Mr. Brown's original stipulation of closed hearings — presented the possibility that some of the more contentious sessions would take place in the prelude to a general election that must be held by June.

MLB's independent arbitrator since June 2012, Horowitz heard A-Rod's case over several contentious sessions that began during the 2013 season.