Sentence examples for in a combative manner from inspiring English sources

The semantics of our descriptions can influence the way in which we think about a problem – for example, if I only think of cancer (or any other disease) in a combative manner, I may preclude myself from negotiating a solution to this unfortunate condition without necessarily being fixated about its complete eradication.

But I believe that by deliberately adopting a combative manner, interviews have been turned into a spectator sport.

He added: "The embassy, in a very combative manner, insisted on giving us more details on the circumstances surrounding her detention.

But when parents fail to accommodate that in a non-combative manner, the child will simply choose to take the easier route and lie about it.

Vera, who is sixty-three, has gray hair, a gray beard, and a cheerfully combative manner.

The popular belief is that the NBA, as a player-driven league, would have handled protesting players in a more thoughtful and less combative manner.

Most notably, in 1993, Mr. Zwirn, then a rising political star but already controversial for his combative manner, defeated Richard M. Kessel in a Democratic primary for county executive.

The more mature Zeno seems a little embarrassed by the combative manner evident in the arguments of his younger days, as well he might since that spirit would have come to be seen as typical of the eristic controversialists who sprang up in the sophistic era.

Trump, in his first State of the Union address Tuesday, called for the two parties to come together — remarks sharply at odds with the combative manner in which Trump has conducted his presidency so far.

Despite his brash braces and combative manner, Mr Kitao talks a lot about the social obligations of companies.

McCain was by then in a combative mood.