Sentence examples for warlike intentions from inspiring English sources
Krum, a ninth-century Bulgar khan, signified his warlike intentions by toasting Byzantine envoys with blood.
Of course, they say they have no warlike intentions, and when we march into Greece they will stab us in the back". I recall that statement very exactly.
They do, of course, have communicative aspects (propaganda, clearly, in the case of war; intimidation in the case of crime), but the main intention of those who perpetrate warlike or criminal activities is physical.
Thus Nikephoros' scheme had backfired: Instead of a weak Bulgaria, a new and warlike nation had been established at the Empire's northern border, and Sviatoslav showed every intention of continuing his advance south into Byzantium.
Such unity, loving and warlike, is the only defense against an Administration whose treatment of the vulnerable seems, like its whole agenda, to combine pernicious intentions with minimal planning.
Blind, unquestioning, warlike?
The outer sections are warlike, then charming, then warlike again.
These are not warlike words.
The warlike glory was evident.
It was sombre, warlike, international.
