The debate was vitriolic, with Berger, somewhat unsurprisingly, stating the matter in its most bellicose form:

If that brought down the tenuous Israeli Government and led to new elections bringing the most bellicose Israelis to power, it would at least force clear answers.

Palmerston had made his demands in a most bellicose and threatening manner.

Such a concept is embedded somewhere at the core of every culture, even the most bellicose.

How could intractable domestic problems be dealt with except with the most bellicose rhetoric?

The British talk of war and are at their most bellicose.

After all, anthropologists themselves are one of the most bellicose tribes on earth.

In all the plays, raucous sound effects enliven the milder dialogues and the most bellicose brawls.

In addition to being shunned, the Republicans as a whole have another reason for following the leadership of their most bellicose faction.

Of all the 90,000 known species of flies, these are the most bellicose.