Because of her bellicose nature, she had a difficult time making friends. From LearnThat.org.
bellicose young officers. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
What I hate about this that it reinforces the idea that being bellicose is being strong. From Wordnik.com. [Gates: A “Done Deal” - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
"To put it simply: this President is not interested in bellicose rhetoric, he is focused on action," Pffiefer writes. From Wordnik.com. [White House forcefully responds to Cheney] Reference
There were some clamours at this, and although it was now dinner-time Phineas Finn, who had been called a bellicose. From Wordnik.com. [The Duke's Children] Reference
Wonder whether Mr. Alexander will read and actually absorb "bellicose" commentaries like these. From Wordnik.com. [A. Siegel: WashPost Ombudsman Steps up and Steps in it -- Plus Another Will Fabrication] Reference
Last October, Venezuela passed a law which bans the sale of "bellicose" games and video games. From Wordnik.com. [Latest from PALGN] Reference
True, she is not an intelligence officer (I am, or rather was, once upon a time); nor is she a "bellicose". From Wordnik.com. [Aish Weekly Articles] Reference
It would become inferior in everything save in a certain kind of bellicose excitement, dear to men as they now are. From Wordnik.com. [The Varieties of Religious Experience] Reference
Behind the bellicose façade lay a soft, compassionate soul. From Wordnik.com. [Sunset] Reference
On the contrary, the statements seem to be even more bellicose. From Wordnik.com. ['Fairly Dismal'] Reference
On account of his bellicose nature he was given the sobriquet of. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference
Avoiding needlessly bellicose rhetoric seemed like common sense. From Wordnik.com. [Fishing for a Way to Change the World] Reference
So the still-buff ex-Marine mixed it up with the bellicose buddies. From Wordnik.com. [Newsmakers] Reference
The conference consisted of a series of bitter and bellicose speeches. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Elsner: In Mideast Peace Talks, it's Time to Lower the Temperature] Reference
He wants a transition to democracy that is peaceful rather than bellicose. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of The Cubans] Reference
The dictator himself confronted him with unmistakably bellicose intentions. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
Ironically, the bellicose rappers play a central role in keeping the peace. From Wordnik.com. [Beating The Rap In Brazil] Reference
The bellicose attitude of the tiny body brought a smile to Donaldson's mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
Team Lazio defended his bellicose style and claimed he'd closed the stature gap. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
After that his son Niccolò III, a powerful and bellicose man, ruled until the year. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
But is this amiable desire likely to be fulfilled in this inherently bellicose world?. From Wordnik.com. [By the Christmas Fire] Reference
They're volatile and bellicose, slow to form alliances and loath to reconcile after a spat. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Help From Serotonin] Reference
Prediction: No matter what he says, the right will deem it weak and insufficently bellicose. From Wordnik.com. [The Morning Plum] Reference
Senior Chinese naval officers didn't sound so bellicose as they toured the Chancellorsville. From Wordnik.com. [Into Uncharted Waters] Reference
Israel's bellicose Prime Minister Ariel Sharon may have met his match in men like Ibrahim Ebayat. From Wordnik.com. [A RISING TIDE OF BLOOD] Reference
Naturally bellicose, his practice is pugnacious: antagonism is his salient and distinctive quality. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
Their bellicose stance worries peace advocates, including many in the NGO and religious communities. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting a Peace Plan] Reference
So it's no surprise that bursts of bellicose rhetoric occasionally emanate from the Foreign Ministry. From Wordnik.com. [The Other China Sea Flashpoint] Reference
Chinas PLA daily is in a bellicose mood, warning that the army should strengthen preparation for warfare. From Wordnik.com. [Tensions Rise As China Launches Show Of Force] Reference
When Muslims run into opposition, especially of the armed variety, the Qur'an counsels bellicose response. From Wordnik.com. [In The Beginning, There Were The Holy Books] Reference
Kennedy was more percussive, bellicose: he was ready to "pay any price, bear any burden" to defend liberty. From Wordnik.com. [Hoping For Passion] Reference
Most Asia watchers believe that, one day, economic pressures will bring a less bellicose regime to the North. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing Short Of Doomsday] Reference
On their way to the meeting, the Russians figuratively thumped the table in bellicose opposition to U.S. positions. From Wordnik.com. [A Summit, But Not Of Equals] Reference
If so, Clinton's bellicose rhetoric against the Serbs could turn into a true test of U.S. commitment in the Persian Gulf. From Wordnik.com. [Trial By Unfriendly Fire] Reference
Washington, despite the newly bellicose rhetoric, has thus far only speculated about possible steps to take against the regime. From Wordnik.com. [No Pain, No Gain?] Reference
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