How to Use acrimonious in a Sentence

acrimonious

adjective
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  • He went through an acrimonious divorce.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Jayapal criticized Republicans for the lengthy and acrimonious process that led to the deal.
    — Tobi Raji, Washington Post, 28 May 2023
  • And its hopes for a surrender by, or an armistice with, the PGA Tour have instead collapsed into an acrimonious court battle.
    — Sarah Hurtes, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The tensions led to weeks of acrimonious debate, prompting Australia’s arbitrator to step in this week at the request of Chevron.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
  • At the center of the acrimonious debate has been RealPage’s Jay Parsons.
    — Heather Vogell, Dallas News, 18 Oct. 2022
  • House oversight chiefs are even going back through records to make his divorce even more acrimonious in hindsight.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 26 July 2023
  • But negotiations among the states grew tense and acrimonious, and didn’t produce a deal.
    — Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The initial arrests of Garcia, Rivera and Magbanua spoke to dark fears among Markel's closest friends and colleagues that the couple's acrimonious split might be a factor in the killing.
    — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 21 Apr. 2022
  • And the Central government with its highly acrimonious relationship with the AAP feels no need to bail them out.
    — Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The acrimonious split between Adidas and Yeezy also left a mark on Adidas’ profit forecasts, which the company has had to slash twice by up to €250 million for the year.
    — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Tom and Ariana of Vanderpump Rules are still sharing a home in the midst of their acrimonious divorce for what appear to be reasons of finance and spite.
    — Curbed, 12 July 2023
  • But signs of an eventual, acrimonious unbundling have also been swirling for some time.
    — Anthony Lydgate, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2022
  • This exchange is typical of the couple’s banter, which ranges in the films from tender to acrimonious to protective, sometimes in the span of a single line.
    — Calum Marsh, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The mention of Meek appears to throw water on suggestions that the Roc Nation leave-taking was acrimonious.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Background: The ban sparked an acrimonious debate in Montana.
    — Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The Human Genome Project was sort of famously acrimonious.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 14 May 2022
  • The three-part show features many acrimonious moments between the two characters.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2022

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