How to Use contentious in a Sentence

contentious

adjective

• The dispute involves one of the region's most contentious leaders.
• After a contentious debate, members of the committee finally voted to approve the funding.
• One of the most contentious issues was the fate of Mr. al-Bashir.
  — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
• The Power of the Dog at a key point in this year's contentious awards race.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2022
• Her win capped the most contentious RNC race in two decades.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
• The run-up to the vote was contentious and the aftermath has been, too.
  — Rachel Janfaza, Teen Vogue, 13 Mar. 2019
• Their son was born in 2016, and the pair had a contentious divorce.
  — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024
• The brawl became one of the day’s most contentious moments.
  — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2019
• My current home rests a block from the most contentious point of what was the Berlin Wall.
  — Tessa Love, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2019
• The appointment process turned contentious from the start.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2023
• The contentious debate on how to accomplish that now moves to the full House.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Feb. 2022
• The discussion over the park at times grew contentious.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 3 May 2017
• After all, many of the contentious bills had already been heard and passed.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2019
• Which means one of the most fraught disputes in the world could become even more contentious very soon.
  — Alex Ward, Vox, 5 Aug. 2019
• Masking has been a contentious issue around us for a year-and-a-half.
  — Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021
• This could easily be the closest (and most contentious) match of the first round.
  — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2023
• Shoes have been a contentious topic throughout the ages.
  — Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2022
• That will likely remain the most contentious issue in the courts.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 25 Sep. 2017
• Even with his backing, there was a contentious floor voice vote.
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 15 May 2018
• Mask-wearing has been a contentious issue on planes over the past two years.
  — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 19 Mar. 2022
• What's a girl going through a contentious divorce to do?
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2023
• The move could prove contentious and trigger a court battle.
  — Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022
• Green had been held to one reception for six yards in a contentious first half.
  — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 5 Nov. 2017
• The ninth is contentious and spreading out is my advice.
  — Rick Lee, Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 2021
• This debate has turned contentious among the many birders on — where else?
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2021
• So why has the science failed us; why has this issue been so contentious?
  — Nason Maani, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2021
• They were embroiled in a contentious divorce and child custody case for the past two years.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 26 July 2019
• Though missing from the stage, Trump was at the center of some of the most contentious moments among his rivals.
  — The Editors, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2023
• Since then, the debate around guns in schools has only grown more contentious.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 1 Oct. 2019
• Boudin later won the contentious election for his seat.
  — Trisha Thadani, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 2021

Last Updated: 9 May 2024