1. Wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter.

2. The third intended recipient of the North's recent bellicosity, analysts believe, is the most important: the new Obama Administration in Washington.

3. We had gone from good humor to bellicosity back to joviality in five hours.

4. But their bellicosity was matched by the scepticism of the Americans, and of Eisenhower in particular, who from the beginning was against the use of force by his two main allies.

5. Some analysts suggest Pyongyang's bellicosity could be linked to internal issues, amid questions over the health of leader Kim Jong-il after his apparent stroke last year.

6. This shows a Spartan caution which is at variance with their previous bellicosity over Samos.

7. China cannot be blind to the Kims’ bungling and bellicosity, nor welcome their nuclear ambitions.

8. Most players of chess play just for diversion. Chess has so many enthusiasts only because it suits man's bellicosity.