How To Use Confrontational In A Sentence

In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally. Times, Sunday Times
The world will be no less confrontational just because of its economic plight; in all probability it will be more so. Times, Sunday Times
Solicitors taking a confrontational approach can often inflame the situation rather than calm it. Why Am I Afraid to Divorce?
Where he is different is that he is taking a less confrontational approach with his players. Times, Sunday Times
Ticos are some of the most friendly and nonconfrontational people in the world. Moving to Costa Rica

A broadcaster of gentlemanly calm and courtesy, he was unsympathetic to the more confrontational style which increasingly became the norm. Times, Sunday Times
Seriously, I think services like this are great for dealing with awkward situations in a harmless, non-confrontational way.
His liking for non-confrontational politics looks like a clever sham, a neat way to duck under our perceptions.
Faced with the French media on the eve of yesterday's opening time trial, Armstrong was more confrontational.
When the group almost split over the issue of whether to focus on confrontational action or voter registration, she healed the breach by saying it should work on both.
She's a silly bint for being so confrontational and not being able to back it up though.
Like a lot of lefties spooked by recent unwholesome political successes by the American right, I'm angry and feeling rhetorically confrontational these days, but violence is not the way to express it.
But there are less confrontational ways of ensuring positive vibes. Times, Sunday Times
Rather, Nicholson suggests expressing your feelings in a constructive, nonconfrontational way.
In Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver, Robert DeNiro played Bickle as an older and more confrontational Caulfield, with a dangerously higher level of adolescent frustration.
Then they hammer away in confrontational exercises until you eventually “get it”. Archive 2005-07-01
His reasoned and reasonable tone had contrasted strongly with the confrontational stance of his colleagues.
Conversely, effective treatments all use some version of an empathic, nonconfrontational style.
Attempts to depart are met with roadblocks and gangs of confrontational junk cars.
Local people, who want to turn the church into a museum, have criticized what they termed the confrontational approach to the issue in the past few days by Rev. Ed Keeping, the parish rector. Canada.com Top Stories
At first glance, the grace and poise of a ballerina seem difficult to reconcile with the combative and confrontational nature of the game of rugby. Times, Sunday Times
The nuclear test on May 25 followed a series of confrontational actions taken by the North, largely reversing every step it had taken to abandon its nuclear program in recent years.
Indeed, he has made his point, albeit in the least confrontational way possible.
The report suggested case workers were concerned about damaging their relationship with her by being overly confrontational.
Second, Gates struck a scrupulously non-confrontational soft line towards China.
Rather than being openly confrontational with his parents, he just quietly-and perhaps unconsciously-refused to comply with their demands.
But there is, in many of its aspects, a confrontational bluntness that ensures relegation to the peripheries.
Among the most confrontational figures were ultraconservative scholars, who occasionally threw down the gauntlet in public and denounced colleagues for lax or improper observance of the faith.
When the group almost split over the issue of whether to focus on confrontational action or voter registration, she healed the breach by saying it should work on both.
I would walk right up to them and that shocked them—I guess they thought that a fat person would rather cower behind a buffet than be confrontational about their rudeness. Roseanne Archy
Solicitors taking a confrontational approach can often inflame the situation rather than calm it. Why Am I Afraid to Divorce?
Her meditations on the female body are sensitive and intimate and depart from the sexually explicit or confrontational.
With North Korea atop the agenda, the overall tone of the talks between the Chinese and Japanese leaders was upbeat and nonconfrontational, in contrast with the often rocky relations between the Asian giants in recent years. Japan, China Focus on North Korea
The Lib Dems have a reputation for promoting a consensual, non-confrontational approach to politics.
She saw me staring and stared back confrontationally, then dismissively turned away so that I was embarrassed for staring.
Checking the facts seems irrelevant, even confrontational or counter therapeutic.
Day suggested the response was not unusual for Cima, whom he described as "prickly, unnecessarily challenging and confrontational" to colleagues over the years. ABC News: Top Stories
With the luxury of time, the regard of the subject can move from confrontational and guarded to direct and open.
Some who have tangled with the two women over zoning changes say they can be confrontational.
No worker delights in taking a confrontational stand on the job.
Mr. Churkin said that Moscow was firmly opposed to the threat of sanctions against Damascus, adding that what he described as the confrontational approach of the European delegations was "against the peaceful settlement of the crisis. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
The Seta charged service providers with becoming accusatorial and confrontational "because we are now tightening up on how we deal with them, as is our right". ANC Daily News Briefing
Depending upon its position in the horoscope, Mercury is lies or truth, open or secretive, provocative or non-confrontational.
And since the example was set on high and citizens mysteriously but constantly take the princes 'behavior as the standard for their own, it's the guarantee of a feverish, unassuaged, confrontational society where resentment and hatred will rapidly become the last ties of the social contract. Bernard-Henri Lévy: Nicolas Sarkozy's Three Errors
When it came time to sit in our circle and take turns airing our parenting gripes in a non-confrontational, non-judgmental manner, I quietly took my place on the floor.
Monday's rallies would be important only if they are a harbinger of much bigger and more confrontational demonstrations down the road.
Such policies are frequently criticized for being unnecessarily confrontational.
She talks of her confrontational attitude toward them during the early days of her captivity.
In the 1960s - thanks to the mimeograph machine and the photo-offset printed paperback book - poetry was popular, glamorous, engaged, and confrontational.
In reality, scads of social science research shows victims rarely complain about harassment and, when they do, it is only after attempting less confrontational methods first.
Mr. Stronach said auto makers can be competitive if management and employees work together and end what he called the confrontational and adversarial structure that has dominated the industry. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
They are aggressive, confrontational and destructive and should be banned. The Sun
Confrontationalists advocate challenging Roman authority, experimenting with new liturgical forms and creating smaller new communities to replace or supplement traditional parishes.
You can like or dislike her confrontational timbre and penchant for extremes. Times, Sunday Times
A more confrontational approach has been taken by the Vatican, with senior bishops calling for the film to be boycotted.
It should be noted here that even the old trade unionism of being confrontational is being discarded to a much more humane approach that encourages partnership and oneness.
The guide is designed to help make divorce less confrontational and to encourage a more conciliatory approach.
No worker delights in taking a confrontational stand on the job.
The Japanese Embassy cautioned Japanese in China not to wear their blue national team jerseys or carry firecrackers or banners with confrontational slogans to the final.
The committee's confrontational style of campaigning has made it unpopular.
My father's confrontational approach taught me diplomacy and tact. Times, Sunday Times
Such prudence contributed to a non-confrontational celebration - or in some cases lament - of 10 years of democracy.
A certain strain of feminist theory has picked up on this line of criticism, identifying the peremptory and rigidifying discourse of rights with the confrontational masculine Rights
The world will be no less confrontational just because of its economic plight; in all probability it will be more so. Times, Sunday Times
Stern is a radio and TV talk show host known for his confrontational style.
Japan has precious little in the way of confrontational journalism. Times, Sunday Times
To her credit, it has left her well-mannered and nonconfrontational, if also a little detached. Times, Sunday Times
It's said that he is ‘difficult’, ‘broody’, ‘paranoid’ and afflicted by a tempestuous and confrontational character.
The squad had grown sick of his constant criticisms, confrontational behaviour and dictatorial methods. The Sun
George hopes to achieve social equality by being non-confrontational.
We help people explore the prospect of treating their addiction in a non-confrontational style that they won't resent.
The governing and opposition parties are growing more confrontational, trading trumped-up accusations and even blows on the legislative floor.
Next, find less confrontational ways to express yourselves. Times, Sunday Times
Such a confrontational argument does not gain much support among the Americans.
He became a household name with an instantly recognisable physique and a confrontational style. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps instead of being confrontational and digging in ideologically, Cascade could support this cycle-track proposal on the merits. Ballard Businesses Propose Missing Link Alternative « PubliCola
His dapper mod dress code contradicts the sweaty confrontationalism he projects on stage (and just off - any open dancefloor space is by rights his as well).
But, the article added, "he talks about the issue using muted, nonconfrontational tones engineered to avoid alienating gun-friendly voters. Gun-control advocates press White House for stricter laws after Tucson shooting
Physical contact with match officials in an aggressive or confrontational manner. The Sun
In the first version of the centre panel of the triptych, Bacon incorporated an unsettling, confrontational figure that peered back imperiously at the viewer through schematic binoculars.
Some have been irreverent, some subversive and some confrontational.
The letters require tactful, delicate, inoffensive, non-confrontational responses.
Oh, and remember that Obama pledge to be all lovey-dovey with the rest of the world instead of that nasty confrontational Bush administration? Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » So Much For The Tax Pledge
Toop did not have a particularly helpful start to his life and had some difficulty in dealing with confrontational situations, Mr Warren told magistrates.
The confrontational founder of Women on Waves is determined to bring safe abortion services to women living in anti-choice countries - any way she can.
We have guys with sharper teeth who are being more confrontational.
But it is about being confrontational and aggressive, playing with that scary edge. The Sun
He is particularly scathing about one member whom he characterises as callous, spineless and non-confrontational to the point of duplicity.
And third, despite the common belief that scientific objectivity and science-based decisions will prevail over the rough-and-tumble world of confrontational politics and competing self-interests, the capacity of scientists to solve environmental issues fairly and expeditiously is usually overestimated. Wednesday showdown brewing over Portland water (Jack Bog's Blog)
The fans also have their say and again the attitudes are conversational rather than bellicose and confrontational.
Both treatment conditions sought to be nonconfrontational, which is not how the 12-step approach is often applied.
They are really confrontational in the way they play, their driving play is a huge strength. Times, Sunday Times
He has a warm smile on his face but his posture is firm and his eyes are open and locked directly into our eyes, a bit confrontational, because it is. Subhankar Banerjee: Youth Across North America Are Fighting For Their Future Climate
This was the kind of confrontational work for which the Royal Court had long been famous.
Also, he could have backed up his rhetoric with non-confrontational acts such as asking people to hold candlelight vigils in the doorsteps of their houses.
P.S. @63, the reason why we are less confrontational is because nowadays, you can very easily be accused of ‘abusing’ staff or ‘raising your voice’ and so on. Whisper
Operation Rescue was an organization notorious for its confrontational tactics and its implacable opposition to abortion under all circumstances.
He wants her to give up the idea of international sanctions on Myanmar and he wants her change what he calls her confrontational stance. CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2007
Ms. Yingluck's new defense minister is a former general who is viewed as nonconfrontational and is expected to work well with the military. Thailand's New Cabinet Holds Few Surprises
So of course his message is conciliatory rather than abrasively confrontational. Times, Sunday Times
Mitch is somewhat confrontational with Blanche, witnessing her delusions.
The game began to descend into a scrappy affair with play the balls getting messy and players getting confrontational.
Someone somewhere (in an air conditioned office) is probably looking at colour swatches right now, deciding on a new ‘less confrontational’ colour scheme for riot gear (black is so last G8) pale aquamarine I suspect, very calming. on July 8, 2009 at 11: 33 am Stocking Met Wiot Police Are Too Wuff « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
German Schuster is an adopted Spaniard but his style is too confrontational. The Sun
A couple of tweets already coming in from that rather confrontational interview we did moments ago with Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County.
They've also co-opted the mocking, confrontational tone of bygone campus radicals in their tactics.
A young steward challenged me in quite a confrontational way.
The results can be so intimate that we feel like voyeurs or, alternatively, aggressively confrontational, but Degas's engagement with the expressive possibilities of a glimpse of an apparently unposed, unclothed body remains constant. Stolen Moments and Persistent Poses
Admittedly his unfortunate comment about my musical ability has been described as ill advised and rather tasteless but as one becomes to know Jim or “Jimbo” … as he likes to called by his friends. .one realizes that his confrontational pose is just simple and harmless musical jealousy. Burning Men – Brian Keene
Her resourcefulness brings some welcome comic relief though not without an element of suspense to another grueling hour that ends on a pivotally confrontational note. Matt's Guide to Weekend TV: Torchwood and HBO Finales, Plus 9/11 Programming
In any case, a loving, non-confrontational talk about your entire relationship is way overdue.
The solo parts are not notably athletic or confrontational.
But rather than spell out what he calls the confrontational forms this 'European' NYT > Home Page
This is all explained in simple, nonconfrontational language, and avoids polarization of the subject. The Times Literary Supplement
Instead of being confrontational, subtweets are sneakier - they're not the locker room brawls of Twitter, they're the cruel locker-side whispers.
It is much better to get into such things in the End Conversation than to reserve them for the more interrogatory or confrontational setting of the routine questioning of the drug history.
Contentious issues were dealt with in a non-confrontational manner at a pastoral leaseholders forum held in Carnarvon at the weekend.
Rather than being openly confrontational with his parents, he just quietly-and perhaps unconsciously-refused to comply with their demands.
I just have this memory of them all being dull and flat and nonconfrontational. Times, Sunday Times
‘I'm generally less hot-tempered and confrontational than I was when I was younger,’ he says now, claiming to have mellowed with age.
More stories followed, less confrontational than before. Times, Sunday Times
The confrontational founder of Women on Waves is determined to bring safe abortion services to women living in anti-choice countries - any way she can.
Instead the Minister has produced a divisive, confrontational Bill which will be resisted ever more resolutely by right-minded rural people.
The world will be no less confrontational just because of its economic plight; in all probability it will be more so. Times, Sunday Times
Staff are also now trained in non-physical techniques to diffuse a confrontational situation as well as in physical self-defence.
People who have been arrested are under a lot of stress and this produces obstructive and confrontational or violent behaviour - we need people who can defuse these situations.
Here, he swaps the comforts of delicate Feldman inflections for darker textures or veers into confrontational exchanges pocked with unhinged ellipses and omissions - enough to tweak the typically unflappable Rowe.
Graham positioned himself as what might be called a dialogic kind of leader, not a confrontationalist. Monroe Price: Evangelism and the Olympics
The Atlantic Monthly has been also holding been holding a similar series of profit-making "pay-for-play" dinners for six years, each sponsored by a different corporation, in which journalists and policymakers are brought together for off-the-record conversations in a similar friendly, "nonconfrontational" atmosphere. Eric Alterman: Think Again: Conflicts of Interest by the Wealthy and for the Wealthy
He's got a rather aggressive, confrontational manner.
It's such a bizarre and disjointed album, confrontational and spaced, an incredibly druggy and disorienting experience.
His eyes - disgruntled and confrontational - are also vividly painted.
His ability to pursue a confrontational policy is severely circumscribed.
The two sitters share a similar confrontational pose and defiant demeanour. Times, Sunday Times
The sterile and confrontational years should be declared over on all sides.
He was good at saying obvious, non-confrontational things.
Characters are shot at longer range, and with a less intimate, less confrontational lens.
Solicitors taking a confrontational approach can often inflame the situation rather than calm it. Why Am I Afraid to Divorce?
Confrontationalists advocate challenging Roman authority, experimenting with new liturgical forms and creating smaller new communities to replace or supplement traditional parishes.
At first glance, the grace and poise of a ballerina seem difficult to reconcile with the combative and confrontational nature of the game of rugby. Times, Sunday Times
U.S. S.NATOR CHARLES.S.HUMER (D-NY): And then you have major Republican figures like Colin Powell, a team player if there ever was one, not endorsing Bolton, John McLaughlin, number two guy until recently at the CIA, known as a nonconfrontational person, saying that he doesn't deserve to be there. CNN Transcript May 8, 2005
I think the format of the debate is very non-confrontational, you know, five minutes.
In the 1960s - thanks to the mimeograph machine and the photo-offset printed paperback book - poetry was popular, glamorous, engaged, and confrontational.
Many professionals, including Resolution, a collective of almost 6,000 lawyers across the country who are committed to nonconfrontational divorce, hope it will usher into law the concept of shared parenting, and back mediation, not courtrooms, as the place to settle disputes over children. Childhood casualties of the family courts
He has proven that his confrontational approach does not work. Times, Sunday Times
There cannot be a rugby follower alive who does not accept this as part of an intrinsically aggressive, physically confrontational sport. Times, Sunday Times
Although the Sanskrit term undeniably has these derogatory connotations, the more neutral translation non-Indic-speaking invaders, shortened to non-Indic invaders, is less confrontational than “barbarians.” The Kalachakra Presentation of the Prophets of the Non-Indic Invaders (Full Analysis)
At first glance, the grace and poise of a ballerina seem difficult to reconcile with the combative and confrontational nature of the game of rugby. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps Dostoyevsky owes his unique brand of confrontational apologetics to this messy faith.
"This was not a person who was confrontational or combative."
The images, presented at different scales on off-white paper, are slightly askew so as not to become confrontational.
I am getting around to saying that as easygoing and nonconfrontational as San Diego is, the community this week has been in what, for it, represents a high dudgeon.
You can like or dislike her confrontational timbre and penchant for extremes. Times, Sunday Times
The new lawmakers are likely to take a more confrontational approach. Times, Sunday Times
The message, in white lettering on a sky-blue background, is nonconfrontational by design.
They were all funny in an almost confrontational way.
As the hot weather, the match rhythm and make a lot of drop - confrontational.
Her unique confrontational style won her the most devoted adherents and the most rabid enemies.
Within seconds of their arrival on stage, it was clear there was an excruciating gulf between ARE Weapons' opinion of themselves – they were nearly herniating themselves trying to be confrontational, to give off a Suicide-like aura of druggy Lower East Side sleaze – and the actual sound they were making, which was simultaneously clodhopping and feeble in the extreme. The worst gig we ever played: musicians on their on-stage lows
But she later changed tack, reverting to a belligerently confrontational stance.
If you're confrontational and you cut to the chase, some people are taken aback by it. Times, Sunday Times
But the Saudis were also careful not to be too confrontational; their aim was to regain their quota level, and no more, and they put a cap on the volume that would be covered by their new netback deals. The Prize
Answer: Any nonspeech activity like stalking, importuning, being confrontational could indeed justify a damage suit. High Court Struggles With Military Funerals Case
You can like or dislike her confrontational timbre and penchant for extremes. Times, Sunday Times
They addressed friends and colleagues from behind electronic walls of accusatory e-mails and confrontational blog posts, and their storybook devotion to each other slowly warped into a shared madness — what is known as a folie à deux. Truly, Madly, Deeply
By doing it through a personal story it will be less confrontational. The Sun
Richard Williams is unarguably an annoyingly self-seeking exhibitionist basking in the warm glow of his off-springs' efforts; a confrontational egotist who is an argument waiting to happen.
Not in that customary confrontational manner of his. Times, Sunday Times
She has to be passive and nonconfrontational, for the same reason. Times, Sunday Times
Some officials suggested a less confrontational approach might reap dividends.
Churkin said that Moscow was firmly opposed to the threat of sanctions against Damascus, adding that what he described as the confrontational approach of the European delegations was "against the peaceful settlement of the crisis. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
My first books were about being very aggressive, very confrontational.
I want a confrontational, in-your-face attack. Times, Sunday Times
But try to do it in the least confrontational way. Times, Sunday Times
It was the Bennite idiom: tentative, nonconfrontational. Archive 2010-04-01
It shouldn't be a confrontational approach but a polite request that something is not right.
This was not the first time in his career that his confrontational approach had upset players. Times, Sunday Times
I long ago decided not to debate such comments or only fleetingly make a passing remark in a non-confrontational manner.
Solicitors taking a confrontational approach can often inflame the situation rather than calm it. Why Am I Afraid to Divorce?
The text explicates Cohen's work in a thoughtful and non-confrontational manner.
Stonewalling - refusing to answer any confrontational questions and staying silent in difficult situations. The Sun
His outspoken and confrontational views make a strong case for players to have agents.
By this time farmers had devised a plan to be non-confrontational.
This is an album of braggadocious hip-hop, full-bodied with confrontational street style.
To ease the transition, Sass suggests discussing the changes you want to make in a nonconfrontational manner.
Shot in grainy black and white on a handheld camera and peppered with confrontational jump cuts, Godard's movie epitomised the cool iconoclasm of the New Wave.
We try to make it as nonconfrontational as possible, and it's worked. Naples Philharmonic Enters a New Era
Let's try to move toward a more peaceful set of relationships, less confrontational than we've been through.
It will be physical, confrontational and, quite likely, hostile.
The hooking role is the most aggressively confrontational in the union game - an exercise in naked, no-holds-barred bastardry.
The aim is to encourage couples to take a route that is likely to be quicker, cheaper and less confrontational. Times, Sunday Times

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