How to Use contentious in a Sentence

contentious

adjective

• The dispute involves one of the region's most contentious leaders.
• After a contentious debate, members of the committee finally voted to approve the funding.
• But what made the Devils Hole pupfish, a fish that measures no longer than an inch, such a contentious creature?
  — Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
• Health care leaders also said the episode underscored the challenge of informing the public about contentious public health issues.
  — Dan Diamond and Lena H. Sun, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Oct. 2022
• In a contentious election year, conversations about politics at the dinner table are inevitable.
  — Calvin Milliner, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2024
• Far from a contentious relationship, Nvidia and Starboard seemed to work well together in this brief period.
  — Tae Kim, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
• That would bring divided government back to Washington and with it, the likelihood of stalemate on the most contentious issues.
  — Dallas News, 4 Nov. 2022
• Union employees with Louisville's bus system took a big step Thursday, with a vote to authorize a strike amid contentious contract negotiations.
  — Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal, 21 Oct. 2022
• One of the most contentious issues was the fate of Mr. al-Bashir.
  — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
• The vote to move forward with the plan was contentious.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 28 Oct. 2024
• The Power of the Dog at a key point in this year's contentious awards race.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2022
• Her win capped the most contentious RNC race in two decades.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
• The run-up to the vote was contentious and the aftermath has been, too.
  — Rachel Janfaza, Teen Vogue, 13 Mar. 2019
• Their son was born in 2016, and the pair had a contentious divorce.
  — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024
• The brawl became one of the day’s most contentious moments.
  — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2019
• My current home rests a block from the most contentious point of what was the Berlin Wall.
  — Tessa Love, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2019
• The appointment process turned contentious from the start.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2023
• The contentious debate on how to accomplish that now moves to the full House.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Feb. 2022
• The discussion over the park at times grew contentious.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 3 May 2017
• After all, many of the contentious bills had already been heard and passed.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2019
• Which means one of the most fraught disputes in the world could become even more contentious very soon.
  — Alex Ward, Vox, 5 Aug. 2019
• Masking has been a contentious issue around us for a year-and-a-half.
  — Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021
• If the male side of pantomime wrestling is contentious, the world of women’s WWE is even more so.
  — Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 16 Mar. 2023
• This could easily be the closest (and most contentious) match of the first round.
  — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2023
• Shoes have been a contentious topic throughout the ages.
  — Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2022
• That will likely remain the most contentious issue in the courts.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 25 Sep. 2017
• Even with his backing, there was a contentious floor voice vote.
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 15 May 2018
• Mask-wearing has been a contentious issue on planes over the past two years.
  — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 19 Mar. 2022
• What's a girl going through a contentious divorce to do?
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2023
• The move could prove contentious and trigger a court battle.
  — Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024