belligerent

How To Use belligerent In A Sentence

• Even between belligerent states, such treaties will not necessarily be suspended; a fortiori, if the conflict is not international, treaty rules will in general continue to apply.
• Whereas quotations with an apothegmatic feel are normally ascribed to Shaw, those with a more grandiose or belligerent tone are almost automatically credited to Churchill.
• No whimper, nor sound, nor sign of fear, came from Jerry — only choking growls of ferociousness, intermingled with snarls of anger, and a belligerent up-clawing of hind-legs. CHAPTER XVI
• During war, the right of postliminy can only be claimed in the tribunals of the belligerent powers, and not in the courts of neutrals; for by a general law of nations, neutrals have no right to enquire into any captures, except such as are an infringement of their own neutrality. [ The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping
• A local armistice suspends operations between certain portions of the belligerent forces or within a designated district of the theater of operations.
• It turned out, however, that Barroso was on belligerent and coruscating form. Eurozone crisis: European Union prepares for the 'great leap forward'
• The mention of his name caused the woman to scowl quite belligerently, and the dog gave another low growl. Not So Innocent
• She looked like a tank in her bathing costume, Hoomey thought, squat and powerful and belligerent.
• Less belligerent in its audience pandering than its predecessors (less fart jokes, less homophobic subtext, and - thank Jesus - less squawking from Eddie Murphy), Shrek the Third may not give haters a migraine, but its lobotomized sense of comic brinkmanship is still without fun. GreenCine Daily: Shrek the Third.
• It should also cancel any existing sales of military equipment to possible belligerents in the war, the organisation said in a statement.