How to use "belligerent" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "belligerent" in popular movie and book plots

  • Edward Bromberg), who likes to recite poetry to his pet monkey and tells stories with belligerent verbosity, which he mistakes for skill.  - Queen of the Amazons
  • Oleg shoots Anzor after he becomes belligerent with him and his mother.  - Running Scared (2006 film)
  • His motive is linked back to a denial given some years earlier that he was involved in negotiations with a belligerent foreign power.  - Murder in the Mews
  • When Samson cannot find the inspiration to finish his latest poem, he becomes belligerent and depressed.  - A Fine Madness
  • Duras then relates a biased tale of himself confronting a belligerent Archer, who insidiously fires on the Klingon ship first.  - Judgment (Star Trek: Enterprise)
  • She and Mavriky Nikolaevich are attacked by drunk and belligerent individuals in the crowd.  - Demons (Dostoyevsky novel)
  • Marlowe wakes up in jail, where he is questioned by Captain Kane (Tom Tully) and a belligerent Lieutenant DeGarmot (Lloyd Nolan).  - Lady in the Lake
  • Episode Two Prince George witnesses the brinkmanship of the allies in the face of the belligerent posture taken by Germany.  - The Lost Prince
  • During the interview, Corinne becomes angry and belligerent towards the reporter, eventually lashing out at her boss and getting fired.  - Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains
  • After a near fight with a large and belligerent Irishman, they return home to prepare for their trip.  - Withnail and I
  • Despite warnings about De Ville's temperament, Wallace, while feeling belligerent one day, pushed De Ville's head into a paste bucket.  - The Leopard Man's Story
  • Among the band is Will Scarlet, who holds a belligerent grudge against Robin.  - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  • The said officers, though initially belligerent and skeptical, eventually agree to cooperate.  - The BFG
  • However, they find the commissioner badly wounded by recently belligerent natives.  - Mogambo
  • Construction worker Vince Everett (Elvis) accidentally kills a drunken and belligerent man in a barroom brawl.  - Jailhouse Rock (film)
  • In August 1939, a trade embargo imposed by the United States is depriving a belligerent Japan of raw materials.  - Tora! Tora! Tora!

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