Example sentences for: disputatious

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

  • This is not, however, the place to embark on a disputatious wrangle leading nowhere.

  • Hall's disputatious style in his many contributions to magazines led him into controversy, and the memorial notices published after his death were often circumspect.

  • My greatest objection to it is its argumentative, disputatious tone, which frequently borders on the vituperative.

  • Professor Tannen might be surprised to learn that one of the most well-known introductory books on ancient Chinese thought is called Disputers of the Tao: Philosophical Argument in Ancient China . Indeed, I think most students of ancient China would agree that if there ever was a disputatious intellectual culture, it was that of China in the Warring States period (circa 479-221 B.C.).


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