Sentence examples for polemical connotation from inspiring English sources

In political and journalistic use, the phrase's connotation is accusatory: today's question, "Where is your exit strategy?" connotes "How do you plan to get us out of this mess at a date certain?" In his answer, Rumsfeld chose to counter that polemical connotation by defining the mission not as exit but as success.

Qadhi himself is a fascinating figure who, despite some years spent as a enthusiastic preacher of Salafism, several years ago abandoned the title Salafi, at least in part because of its increasingly polarized and polemical connotations.

To some degree the discrepancy between the two languages -- "éloge" has a literary connotation that "praise" lacks -- supports Mr. Godard's central polemical claim, which is that Americans, besotted by celebrity culture and disconnected from history, lack the cultural wherewithal to grasp the depth and difficulty of experience.

He wrote polemical journalism.

It was a polemical reaction.

Pow! Wonderful, robust, polemical stuff.

The polemical is political, after all.

"I was never that polemical.

Witness poetry was testimonial rather than polemical.

Of course, polemical letters are more fun.

Opinionated but never, ever polemical.