How to Use rancorous in a Sentence

rancorous

adjective

• But Unifor put up a rancorous fight with GM in the winter of 2018.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2023
• The political mood of the country at the time was rancorous.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Aug. 2022
• The comments were good-natured but the campaign has been rancorous.
  — Joe Parkinson, WSJ, 23 Feb. 2019
• And on that rancorous note was established the prevailing tone of the next four years.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2021
• The rancorous debate over how to teach the nation’s past is not limited to Texas.
  — Washington Post, 2 June 2021
• Today, the tone is more rancorous, the stakes more serious.
  — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2023
• The rest left Goodison Park bilious, rancorous and, more than once, on the verge of outright mutiny.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2023
• Hence, the political conflict spawned by it wasn’t rancorous most of the time.
  — Ezra Klein, Vox, 18 Dec. 2018
• And with a rancorous and vocal public ready to protest again, the bill’s passage into law would not be smooth.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2023
• The pact marked the end of a rancorous, nearly two-year fight that led to costly court fights and heightened tensions inside the union.
  — Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2021
• The non-believer The G7 summit in Canada was the most rancorous in the club’s history.
  — The Economist, 14 June 2018
• Still, there’s no sign of the rancorous dispute ending any time before the Nov. 3 election.
  — Matt Sledge, NOLA.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• But in the last years of her reign, Britain, which in 2016 voted to leave the European Union, appeared to grow more rancorous in character.
  — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022
• Whether such logic, and such a tranquil plea for moral decency, will lay the rumors to rest, and shame the rancorous, is open to question.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
• If Democrats practice the art of the possible, the second session of the 117th Congress can be more productive and less rancorous than the first.
  — William A. Galston, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
• It was published on the eve of baseball’s most rancorous labor stoppage.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 14 June 2020
• The product changes could aid Dorsey’s goal to rid the platform of rancorous and toxic conversation.
  — Fortune, 13 June 2018
• The product changes could aid Dorsey's goal to rid the platform of rancorous and toxic conversation.
  — Selina Wang, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2018
• Roberta wakes up with her toxic past and her rancorous temper.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• But Trump refused to let go of his rancorous clash with European allies over trade.
  — Author: Mark Landler, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2018
• The hearings may also be too confusing and rancorous for the public to follow.
  — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
• But fallout from the rancorous meeting soon followed, with much of it landing squarely on Moretta, the host.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
• Some prospects said they were turned off by the state’s rancorous political climate.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2019
• The rancorous debate over whether returning students should wear masks in the classroom has moved from school boards to courtrooms.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2021
• Britain’s usually rancorous politics, put on pause by the monarch’s death, are due to resume this week.
  — Jill Lawless, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2022
• The rancorous debate over the future of fossil fuels is playing out in a country built with a fortune made from oil.
  — Vivian Nereim, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• The win comes after a rancorous final stretch of the race that saw high profile endorsements, attacks on the airwaves and in person.
  — Natalie Allison, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2020
• For years, New York and New Jersey have had a rancorous debate over where to situate and how much to spend on a new bus terminal.
  — Henry Goldman, Bloomberg.com, 2 Oct. 2017
• The rancorous debate over blame threatens to further divide the nation.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2021
• Episode 5 aired the Sunday after Election Day and conducts itself in rancorous spasms.
  — Wesley Morris Ron Butler Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Sep 2024