animus

Example Sentences

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She rejected suggestions such tactics could be discriminatory, saying "racial animus has no place in DHS".

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

Some of the animus directed at Macaulay is based on things he really said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

"He has no apparent animus towards anyone or anything," said film and theatre director Mike Nichols, who directed the Broadway premiere of Stoppard's tale of marriage and affairs "The Real Thing".

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

The defendant bears the considerable burden of proving that the government singled them out and acted with discriminatory intent, or that the charges are a result of animus and would not otherwise have been pursued.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025

“You found a way to transfer your animus into a machine?”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan