“She began adapting her tone and manner to the belligerency of his attitude.”

“Armed conflict is defined in functional terms, unlike a state of war which is triggered by a formal state of belligerency between two states.”

“Will belligerency and jingoism solve the issues and problems the two countries face?”

“The loudest messages came from the propaganda of the warmongering belligerents, intended to captivate the undecided and silence the dissidents.”

“The belligerents were the Beylik of İzmir and the Byzantine Empire.”

“His intensely physical lead performance careens from raving belligerence to groveling abjection.”

“All of it reeked of animosity, belligerence, and things the pixies could not even begin to comprehend.”

“Isolation works best when a parent has to battle pride, belligerence or uncontrollable emotions.”

“The 1935 act banned munitions exports to belligerents and restricted American travel on belligerent ships.”

“In cases involving criminal prosecution of unlawful belligerents, this could mean imposing peacetime rules on the collection of evidence.”

“All that changed in 1918 when, like two punch-drunk boxers, the belligerents began finally to land blows which had effect.”