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
"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
I won’t quote the clips suddenly flooding social media, the apparent result of someone’s late and incompetent oppo research, of his saying things that betray to my ear an obvious animus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 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
“Did he ever speak of his master? Ever express any animus against him?”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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