Words similar to pugilistic

Example sentences for: pugilistic

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

Reno reversed the standard narrative arc of congressional hearings, in which belligerent congressmen make witnesses look stupid, said Evan Thomas ( Inside Washington ). The attorney general's pugilistic secret?
Schickel is alternately sycophantic (toward Eastwood) and pugilistic (toward any critic who has ever had unkind words for the actor--particularly Pauline Kael, who did seem to have a mission to make the tall man's Magnum shrivel).
The Star has maintained a more pugilistic pose since Diana's death.
Before you dismiss Fish as either a danger to democratic values or a pugilistic idiot, you have to know three more things about him.
That strong, Brandoesque jaw gives her a pugilistic cast--laugh at her and she'd slug you.