After two months, with negotiations growing more acrimonious, Mr. Young withdrew the bill.

However, by early February the tone of the negotiations was growing increasingly acrimonious.

The argument was batted back and forth until it grew somewhat acrimonious.

In fact, Winchell's private life had grown empty and acrimonious as well.

Discussions began to grow acrimonious and no agreement could be made.

Their relationship grew acrimonious on the tour to the point that they refused to talk to one another.

And the game is growing steadily more acrimonious as the stakes rise.

Yet when Ari first arrived, the controversy over interracial adoption was growing more acrimonious.

The exchange today suggested that the battle for the Republican nomination was growing more acrimonious with the party's first caucuses about a month away.

But there have been other problems for Mr. Clay in a race that has grown increasingly acrimonious.