How to Use litigious in a Sentence

litigious

adjective
  • Kenya is not a very litigious society.
    — Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Cordell said the show will not encourage people to be more litigious.
    — Tracey Kaplan, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2017
  • The litigious group is the subject of a mountain of lawsuits.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022
  • That shows just how protracted and litigious these matters can be.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • In this case, Lego has been litigious with third-party bricks in the past, so be cautious.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 26 Sep. 2016
  • But more details about the fallout have come to light in Turner’s litigious move.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • To be sure, sometimes the more-often sought litigious strategy is called for.
    — Harry G. Broadman, Forbes, 29 Aug. 2021
  • The company carved out an aggressive and litigious path to growth.
    — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Would the no-players be perceived as difficult or even litigious?
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The 2022 midterm elections might just be the most litigious ever.
    — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Nunes is infamously litigious, and the suit against Twitter was far from his last.
    — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 25 June 2020
  • Americans are a litigious lot, but lawyers aren't passing around business cards on the playground.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2020
  • Solow developed a reputation as a builder with a great sense of design and a mean litigious streak.
    — Patrick Clark, chicagotribune.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • California has long been considered one of the most litigious states in the nation.
    — Adam B. Summers, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
  • California has long been considered one of the most litigious states in the nation.
    — Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • The two girls, and their mother’s litigious nature, sparked much of the interest in the family in the years to come.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2023
  • And in these litigious times, anyone who appears to have assets can be a prime target for a lawsuit that could drain your resources.
    — Ashley Kilroy, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Don't let the litigious phrasing fool you; Busch was going to be fired, and there is not much to investigate.
    — Mac Engel, star-telegram, 7 Apr. 2018
  • America is among the most litigious of nations and home to the most expensive legal system on earth.
    — Brian Summerfelt, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • In addition, the legal reforms have reduced claims costs in the state’s most litigious region.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The campaign for Dane County sheriff has taken a litigious turn.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The names of the real-life gamblers in Bloom’s book have been changed, presumably, to protect the litigious.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 24 Dec. 2017
  • Now, creatives can attempt to reimagine the characters without fear of litigious reprisals.
    — Theara Coleman, The Week, 13 July 2023
  • What the court didn’t mention was the irony of a person filing litigation over being called litigious.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 11 July 2024
  • Background checks are performed on borrowers and their businesses to weed out the litigious and deadbeats.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • America is one of the most litigious societies on earth, filing more than 40 million claims per year.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Cities in Tarrant County tend to not be horribly litigious with each other.
    — Deanna Boyd and Sandra Baker, star-telegram, 16 Feb. 2018
  • In his past life as a litigious businessman-cum-showman, NDAs proved useful.
    — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Drake has been litigious in the fallout from the beef, filing suit against Universal Music Group.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The litigious bent in the United States make its cryonics firms especially twitchy.
    — New York Times, 26 June 2021

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