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Recent Examples of truculent Needing Maher’s truculent approval to sustain their own arguments, they’re defined by their enemy. Armond White, National Review, 7 June 2024 Little kids squirm in makeshift beds trying to stay awake for Santa, while truculent teenagers sneak out into the suburban night to do secret teenager things. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 May 2024 Russia’s truculent and obstructionist foreign policy under President Vladimir Putin comes from a sense of having lost the Cold War in the 1980s and having suffered the consequences of the defeat in the 1990s. Odd Arne Westad, Foreign Affairs, 27 Mar. 2018 Mexico City is so inept, so compromised by the cartels, and so truculent that joint military action seems a pipe dream. Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for truculent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for truculent
Adjective
  • Trump prompts a more aggressive digital posture Democrats adopted a more combative stance online in recent weeks as Trump’s moves to slash the federal workforce drew protests from liberals and pushback at GOP town halls.
    Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
  • As a result, teams are taking a more aggressive approach.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • After leaving an abusive relationship, Simmons and her two sons became homeless.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The allegations came after the #MeToo movement rocked Hollywood and many people spoke up after abusive workplace conditions were re-evaluated and condemned.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • And often times that can yield lead to some brutal consequences.
    Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Even without snow, the drop in temperature alone can be brutal.
    Elizabeth Medeiros, Health, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Israel ended its ceasefire with the Hamas militant group and renewed its air and ground war last month.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2025
  • From Myanmar comes the story of a student turned insurgent who joined a militant guerilla group set on overthrowing the country’s military junta.
    The Dial, The Dial, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Formula One's governing body, the FIA, has categorized certain actions and behaviors as 'misconduct,' which include insulting or inappropriate language and gestures.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Meghan’s infamous mock curtsy, which was seen as insulting… was [a] low point.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • What's particularly cruel about that reality is that after years of dealing with questions about his weight, the former Duke Blue Devil star played a career-high 70 games in 2023-24.
    Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Here, Munir may be vaccinating chickens rather than grabbing them on their way to slaughter, but the work is just as thankless and cruel.
    Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Andreas typically waits until there have been three instances of potential hostile communication before asking her friend or colleague if everything is OK.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Home to one of the world’s largest refugee populations – most of them from Afghanistan – Pakistan has not always welcomed the foreigners, subjecting them to hostile living conditions and threatening deportation over the years.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Jetson One is an electric vertical take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle that sits in a sweet spot between commercial air taxis and outrageous flying cars.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Many scandals arise from the occasion of these activities, and adulteries and other outrageous crimes are committed as a clear offence to God, a very serious danger to the souls of those committing them, and a pernicious example to others.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Truculent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truculent. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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