be hostile to
Example Sentences
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The good news is that she doesn't seem to be hostile to vaccines which makes her an island in a sea of anti-vaxxers.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024
He was reported to be hostile to Belgian state officials and to a leading virologist.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2023
He used to be hostile to the whole idea.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2021
Thao said he decided that they should continue to Cup Foods anyway because Kueng and Lane were “so new” and the area was known to be hostile to police.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2020
Thomas Hobbes, although he was not an atomist, had developed a materialist, Epicurean philosophy which was universally understood to be hostile to religion.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
