inflammatory
adjective
Examples of inflammatory in a Sentence
Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
This made my blood boil, particularly in today’s climate, as there are so many groups targeted with hateful, inflammatory slogans.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
His inflammatory language on immigration has brought condemnation from opponents, while rousing supporters.
—USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
Only the release made no explicit mention as to the nature of those inflammatory remarks, a point not lost on many of those who felt targeted.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 15 Apr. 2024
Palomar Health provided a short rebuttal Wednesday, calling the complaint frivolous, misleading, inflammatory and groundless.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
And a small 2023 study in Nutrients on 28 soccer players found a decrease in inflammatory markers after exercise with bovine colostrum supplementation, but no increase in athletic performance of any kind.
—Audrey Bruno, SELF, 11 Apr. 2024
More recently people against Tucson supporting a cease-fire resolution have also begun speaking up at council meetings, voicing concern about inflammatory rhetoric being expressed during the open comment portion of city council meetings.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
The reason being that shampoo itself doesn’t make much of an impact on the scalp, unless there is an inflammatory scalp condition, like seborrheic dermatitis, excessive bacteria and fungus, excessive oil, or Demodex parasites.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Inflammatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inflammatory. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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inflammatory
nounF. D. DoucetteNote: Evidence, and especially photographic evidence, may be deemed inadmissible if its inflammatory nature seriously outweighs its probative value or relevance. The mere fact that evidence is graphic or gruesome, however, is not enough to render it inadmissible.
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