animus

Example Sentences

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So sort of, what tore them apart was Rupert, and I think what brought them together was their mutual animus towards Rupert.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026

Despite its historic animus, the World Bank said 80% of its country economists reported that client governments last year sought their advice on how to use industrial policy more effectively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

"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

Perhaps the woman had wed a seaman of incorrigible appetites and hated the reminder—Cora didn’t know the source of her animus, or care.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead