animus

Example Sentences

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Byers, who represented himself at trial, said he had no animus toward law enforcement and that it would be “out of character” for him to shoot at police.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

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

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

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan