Contentious

Likely to cause an argument

     

 

Possible paraphrasing solution:
Original passage:

"Budget cuts are almost always a contentious issue."

Paraphrased passage:

 When budgets have to be cut, people will often get into arguments about it.

 
 
   
 

Your turn:

Paraphrase 2 of these sentences:

1  "The basketball game got off to a contentious start, with four technical fouls in the first ten minutes."

2. "Today we're going to leave all contentious issues aside, and just have fun. "

3. "He was so contentious that nobody even wanted to listen to what he had to say."   

 

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