And upping the ante of belligerence is a fool†™ s gamble. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Lebanon offensive will last ‘weeks.’] Reference
That the chorus was often accompanied by belligerence is also noteworthy. From Wordnik.com. [Not only are they better capitalists, but better peacemakers too? « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
After all, he was suspended from Princeton and has a reputation for entitled belligerence when drinking. From Wordnik.com. [Gawker] Reference
Thursday to deepen military cooperation in the face of North Korean "belligerence". From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News] Reference
Neither passion nor drunkenness can excuse this kind of belligerence towards an eighteen-year-old. From Wordnik.com. [And The Valley Shook] Reference
Link looked at him, lip stuck out in belligerence. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
Jerry made this announcement with a shade of belligerence. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
People who are angry about America's belligerence in the world. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2008] Reference
"Is that a threat?" inquired Tom Gray with pretended belligerence. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College] Reference
Did you see that action as an act of belligerence against an ally?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2007] Reference
And it just seems to me that, you know, pure belligerence on his part. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2007] Reference
Beijing's belligerence makes the reunification it demands ever more unlikely. From Wordnik.com. [The Myth Of 'One China'] Reference
I mean this seems to be an act of diplomatic belligerence on the president's part. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2003] Reference
TODD (voice-over): An extraordinary show of belligerence on the General Assembly floor. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2006] Reference
He mimicked Thatcher's belligerence in foreign affairs, loving to be thought "not wobbly". From Wordnik.com. [Blair's job was done by 1997: to numb Labour, and to enshrine Thatcherism] Reference
Such uni-dimensional thinking sends a frisson of rubicund belligerence down American spines. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
The announcement comes as leaders in Pyongyang say they feel threatened by American belligerence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2006] Reference
Barbara Starr tonight reports from the Pentagon on communist North Korea's increasing belligerence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2006] Reference
The belligerence, depression and arrogance that characterised him during the original trial was gone. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago judge tells Conrad Black he cannot leave the US] Reference
But her emotional range seems to be restricted to a spectrum of triumph, indifference and belligerence. From Wordnik.com. [Katie Price: 'People think I'm not normal'] Reference
"Yes, sir, I did!" the man answered with a trace of the belligerence he had undoubtedly shown to Lydia. From Wordnik.com. [Murder at Bridge] Reference
PILGRIM: Iran has shown military belligerence in recent weeks, testing some missiles out in the desert. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2006] Reference
If belligerence puts people at risk, science increasingly shows that a life of quiet desperation does, too. From Wordnik.com. [FOR A HAPPY HEART] Reference
Some may object that this will reward Russia for its belligerence and encourage bad behavior in the future. From Wordnik.com. [Stop Baiting the Bear] Reference
She's beyond frustrated by him, by his drunken belligerence, and for not giving her any credit for GloCoat. From Wordnik.com. [Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Happy Birthday, Peggy!] Reference
His rhetoric is filled with bombast and belligerence, even as Havana buzzes with rumors of purges and arrests. From Wordnik.com. [Putting The Squeeze On Fidel] Reference
David Klein It wasn't belligerence that carried the Catholics and the Jews into the great American mainstream. From Wordnik.com. [Islam's Encounters With America] Reference
KITTY PILGRIM, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): Friday prayers in Tehran after a week of threats and belligerence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2006] Reference
BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: (voice-over): An extraordinary show of belligerence on the General Assembly floor. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2006] Reference
I do not say this with any sense of belligerence, because I recognize the fact that is recognized around the world. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): An extraordinary show of by belligerence on the general assembly floor. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 20, 2006] Reference
It was an act of, certainly, a severe belligerence, but we don't know the source, nor can I comment any further on that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Adm. John Foley Holds News Conference on USS Cole Attack; Fmr. NSA Adviser Brent Scowcroft Discusses Incident - October 12, 2000] Reference
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