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Six example sentences with acrimonious, each labelled with its topic.
The council debate turned acrimonious over a single bus lane, and two members stopped speaking for months.
Politics
An acrimonious split between the cofounders left the company with two lawyers and no product roadmap.
Business
Their letters begin warmly and grow acrimonious, until the last one runs to a single frozen line.
Literature
The acrimonious lawsuit over the patent dragged on for six years, and both companies spent more than the patent was worth.
Law
The band's acrimonious split played out in interviews, with each member blaming the others for the failed final album.
Music
An acrimonious dispute over who discovered the element first kept the two laboratories from sharing data for a decade.
Science
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