He made contentious statements and asked awkward questions.

That doesn't seem such a contentious statement, can anyone disagree with it?

Therefore "Monkeys don't use language as humans do, but people don' t need language to have internal thoughts either" seems a very contentious statement to make.

For the first time all week, Mr. Gingrich did not attack the President personally, and Mr. Clinton did not make a contentious statement.

The most contentious statement in the manifesto is: "Artists who don't paint aren't artists".

He has made contentious statements, on the local news, eNCA, that commercial farmers must coperate or share a fate "worse than Zimbabwe".

Derringer issued an on-air apology and, following the CBSC's ruling, the station was required to broadcast a series of announcements regarding the contentious statements.

You would not buy a stock, write a check or believe a contentious statement from an unknown source off line - so bring the same challenging attitude to information found on line.

A study by Nicholson (2012) found that voters are more polarized by contentious statements from leaders of the opposing party than from the leaders of their own party.