She remained in Lisbon during the contentious period when the duke's possessions were gathered and crated.

For their contentious periods, he built her a cabin.

Commemorating as it did their view of a highly contentious period of history, the film came to be revered by Afrikaners.

In particular, the make-up and process of creating an NA text was a contentious period for the fellowship.

With at least two months to go before the current term ends, the court appears to have entered a particularly contentious period.

Following a contentious period during which information disseminated by the company was limited, it was relaunched in 2004.

The later half was a very contentious period in reading research (especially regarding phonetics).

Ms. Smiley's novel impressively recreates a violently contentious period of American history.

Under the new Archbishop, the diocese entered a less contentious period.

The book chronicled a contentious period in Montana history when people were convicted and jailed for voicing their opinion about the war.