How to Use "pugnacious" with Example Sentences

1. Russia will get a new president ( probably ) , but the petulantly pugnacious vladimir putin has no intention of bidding farewell to power .

2. Egged on by the pugnacious london tabloids , the public voted to leave by a margin of 59 % to 41 % , and then handed the tories an absolute majority in the house of commons .

3. President george w. bush 's response to the assault on the twin towers and the pentagon was to launch two wars of choice against afghanistan and iraq , a pugnacious unilateralism at the expense of alliances and international law , and a near evangelical promotion of liberal democracy in the middle east .