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Six example sentences with bellicose, each labelled with its topic.
Their captain gets bellicose in the pregame chat, promising a sweep, and it usually rattles the younger squads.
Gaming
The old warrior is written as bellicose from his first line, spoiling for an argument at every feast.
Literature
His bellicose talk during timeouts drew two technicals in a week, and the coach finally benched him for it.
Basketball
The minister's bellicose speech alarmed neighboring capitals, and the ambassador spent a week explaining it away.
Politics
The bellicose young king declared three wars in five years and left the treasury empty for his successor.
History
The bellicose general in the film shouts down every adviser, and the audience knows his plan will fail.
Movies
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