Use of the word contentious in a sentence example

contentious

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A central and contentious element of the book. [adjective]

The author's recent book has become contentious. [Please select]

Hunting with hounds is a highly contentious subject of great interest to people who live in rural areas. [adjective]

In a supposedly classless society this is a contentious assertion. [adjective]

"Such noble-minded champions must be very cautious, though," said Rhodopis, "lest they become contentious, and quarrelsome." [adjective]

It has been a contentious issue for decades. [Please select]

Flint, that the spirit which prompted my visit was not a contentious one. [Please select]

As Williams was one of those contentious people who must talk, this inhibition was futile. [Please select]

Dear Gordon: You are a captious, caviling, carping, crabbed, contentious, cantankerous chap. [Please select]

"Ah, there we get upon contentious ground," he remarked. [Please select]

"Yes, I know you did," he remarked in placidly non-contentious tones. [Please select]

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