How to Use acrimonious in a Sentence

acrimonious

adjective

• He went through an acrimonious divorce.
• Both were newly divorced and Sigalove was embroiled in an acrimonious battle with his ex-wife over custody of their children.
  — oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2020
• America was already facing the prospect of an acrimonious and prolonged election night.
  — Stephen Collinson and Caitlin Hu, CNN, 2 Aug. 2020
• The fight grew acrimonious at times, with accusations of underhanded methods on both sides.
  — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, baltimoresun.com, 5 Sep. 2020
• Being in a relationship with someone on the other side of the aisle gives you a unique opportunity to help make our politics less acrimonious.
  — Jamie Brown Hantman, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2020
• The goal was to help a market-friendly government battle recession -- and write an upbeat chapter in what’s been an acrimonious borrower-lender history.
  — Patrick Gillespie, Bloomberg.com, 9 Sep. 2020
• For years, Poland has been locked in an acrimonious dispute with the E.U. over human rights and the rule of law.
  — Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
• The end of his first go-around in Salt Lake City could be described as acrimonious.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 June 2021
• All-Pro joined the Chiefs after a rather acrimonious split with the Jets a couple weeks ago.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 1 Nov. 2020
• While the business seemed to work for a time, the two sides had an acrimonious split last year when Sephora hopped over to Kohl’s, ending the deal.
  — Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2022
• His time in Pittsburgh came to an acrimonious end after he was benched for the final game of the team’s season in 2018.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022
• The two sides have engaged in a very public and acrimonious fight with billions of dollars at stake on each side.
  — Tim Higgins, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
• WhistlePig founder Raj Bhakta parted ways with the rye whiskey brand in 2019, the result of an acrimonious split that forced him out of the company.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2023
• But after an acrimonious split in 1991, the two didn't speak to one another for nine years.
  — CBS News, 17 Feb. 2022
• The punitive part of the process became largely acrimonious, sources said.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2022
• The divorce description is apt as the whole thing reads as a pretty acrimonious breakup.
  — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2023
• The announcement put Walgreens at the center of one of the city’s most acrimonious debates.
  — Rachel Swan, Danielle Echevarria, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2021
• But as the Cold War ended, Southeast Asia worked hard to move beyond this acrimonious past.
  — Huong Le Thu, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2023
• The White House has been monitoring the acrimonious contract talks closely and urging all sides to come to a deal.
  — Jeanne Whalen, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
• You’re now locked into to what can be a very acrimonious process with a player who is essential to your present and near-term future.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
• But the project brought Bacharach and David’s long collaboration to an acrimonious end.
  — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 22 Jan. 2024
• There’s lots of pleasantly acrimonious banter, much of it in French.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
• Despite the uproar in the press, what took place at UW is more like a conscious uncoupling than an acrimonious divorce.
  — Michael Poliakoff, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
• The victims had the bad luck of being pitted against Leasure’s friends in acrimonious divorces.
  — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
• So, a new and acrimonious problem is created before the last problem was put to bed.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2022
• They were involved in an acrimonious split that ended in divorce in 2016.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Apr. 2021
• An acrimonious fight between the city and labor unions followed.
  — Mark Davidson, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2023
• The Shivers, who are locked in an acrimonious divorce and custody battle over their boys, share a vacation home in the Bahamas.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2023
• The shooting, which injured Trump in his right ear and led to the deaths of both the shooter and one rally attendee, is formally being investigated as an assassination attempt, heightening the tenor of an already acrimonious race.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 14 July 2024
• Niccol also knows from experience that changing a culture starts with engaging employees, an area where Starbucks has faced challenges amid acrimonious unionization efforts.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024