Sentence examples for rather belligerent from inspiring English sources

The last of these was a real enthusiasm, and Kolatkar was translating, into English, the medieval poet's rather belligerent hymns to God.

"I'm pleased to say that we remain on track to meet this goal," the president said, in a tone that sounded rather belligerent considering this was supposed to be good news.

In fact, she was stroppy, as the British say — rather belligerent and easily annoyed.

It also risks the ire of a rather belligerent Trump administration, especially if those parts are Chinese.

Note that Smith chose the word "belligerent" rather than "bigoted".

Rather than be belligerent toward Mueller's investigation, and Mueller personally, the president and his staff should cooperate with as little friction as possible.

In short, she wanted to be a human, rather than the belligerent, statistic-quoting robot who can spar with Jeremy Paxman - but who so alienates the electorate.

One senior official characterized the North Korean attitude at the Pyongyang meeting as belligerent, rather than apologetic, even while it admitted violating the 1994 accord to freeze its nuclear weapons development.

He has instead offered belligerent, xenophobic chaos.

In "God Bless America" the revision of one of the last lines of the chorus from the more belligerent and rather stilted, "make her victorious on land and foam" to the more serene and natural sounding "to the oceans white with foam" accomplished the same thing.

Eminem was always an anomaly in hip-hop, not only because he's white but also because he presents himself as multiple personas — rarely ingratiating, often belligerent or psychotic — rather than a single heroic face.