belligerently

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for belligerently
Adverb
  • Brad Pitt is a klutzy errand boy for the mob sent to Mexico to retrieve a priceless pistol with a magical backstory; Julia Roberts is his long-suffering girlfriend who angrily dumps him upon hearing the news.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Today's politics is reduced to binaries with each side angrily screaming into their echo chambers.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Dodge attempted to keep their correspondence up, but Stein’s replies grew more and more infrequent, and further invitations to the Villa Curonia were coldly refused.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The film opens with a celebratory raid on an ICE facility to free detainees, and shows government agents coldly executing unarmed suspects and sending an undercover agent into a peaceful protest to throw a Molotov cocktail to justify increased force.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The veteran of 71 postseason games slid to his left to field it, coolly executing a fundamental throw home to nab Bauers and keep the game tied, 1-1.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The director’s approach is coolly distant and underpowered; even scenes of bloody battle in the ring feel merely informational.
    Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Belligerently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belligerently. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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