Each man came out of their acrimonious 200-meter showdown on July 23 with an injured hamstring and a decidedly negative vibe. Tim Layden, Sports Illustrated, 11 Sept. 2000My May 19, 1967, memorandum to the president unleashed a storm of controversy. … It led to tense and acrimonious Senate hearings that pitted me against the Joint Chiefs of Staff and generated rumors they intended to resign en masse. Robert McNamara, In Retrospect, 1995But considering the momentousness of the issue, the original Darwinian debate was far less acrimonious than might have been expected … Gertrude Himmelfarb, American Scholar, Autumn 1981We could tell, however, when debate became more acrimonious than professional, but this was from watching lawyers other than our father. Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960 He went through an acrimonious divorce. an acrimonious parting between the two former friends See More
Recent Examples on the WebBut the deadline came and went without a resolution to acrimonious negotiations, Tony Briscoe writes. Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022 The federation on Wednesday announced separate collective bargaining agreements through December 2028 with the unions for both national teams, ending years of often acrimonious negotiations. Anne M. Peterson And Ronald Blum, Chron, 19 May 2022 The federation on Wednesday announced separate collective bargaining agreements through December 2028 with the unions for both national teams, ending years of often acrimonious negotiations. Anne M. Peterson And Ronald Blum, The Courier-Journal, 18 May 2022 The federation announced separate collective bargaining agreements through December 2028 with the unions for both national teams on Wednesday, ending years of often acrimonious negotiations. Anne M. Peterson And Ronald Blum, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2022 The federation announced separate collective bargaining agreements through December 2028 with the unions for both national teams on Wednesday, ending years of often acrimonious negotiations. Ronald Blum, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2022 The federation announced separate collective bargaining agreements through December 2028 with the unions for both national teams on Wednesday, ending years of often acrimonious negotiations.CBS News, 18 May 2022 The federation on Wednesday announced separate collective bargaining agreements through December 2028 with the unions for both national teams, ending years of often acrimonious negotiations. Anne M. Peterson And Ronald Blum, Anchorage Daily News, 18 May 2022 Those talks have turned acrimonious, with the U.K. government threatening to take control of the network, known as the Tube, and Khan trading accusations of blame with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his predecessor as mayor. Anthony Palazzo, Bloomberg.com, 22 Oct. 2020 See More