A son was born in 1861, but the marriage proved contentious.

The question proved contentious, and highly disturbing to the French visitors.

The Bill was first introduced in 1663 and proved extremely contentious.

One area that proved particularly contentious was spending for the Board of Education.

But some of these endorsements have proven highly contentious within the union.

Despite bipartisan support for the increased spending, the initiative proved contentious.

Negotiations to work out those terms with production studios could prove contentious, and eventually costly.

By contrast, the child support debates proved surprisingly contentious, especially in Western states.

The issue of local government ward allocation has proven particularly contentious.

Using public funds for the grave and memorial proved contentious.