Example sentences for: combative

How can you use “combative” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The combative Fish sides with Borgnine.

  • 2) Johnny Isakson, a former Republican state legislator, won the special election for Newt Gingrich's House seat . The media had a field day contrasting the "moderate" Isakson with the "combative" Gingrich, noting that Democrats "see Isakson as a pleasant change" and that Isakson thrashed second-place finisher Christina Jeffrey, the historian whom Gingrich had fired in 1995 over her comments on the Holocaust.

  • Tough talk and the rhetoric of conflict help hide the basic truth that business leaders are, in real life, more contemplative than combative, more sedentary than savage.

  • According to the WP , senators went out of their way on Sunday chat show appearances to appear less partisan and less combative than their House counterparts had seemed when they had the impeachment ball in their court.

  • It went on: "The American eagle brooch says without a word being exchanged that she is in hawkish, combative mood; the cherub brooch betokens the spirit of innocent accommodation; and the red and gold balloon brooch denotes a festive moment.


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