hostile party
Example Sentences
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Presidents had had to contend with at least one branch of Congress controlled by a hostile party.
From Time Magazine Archive
This threat was implicitly raised last week by Iraqi Foreign Minister Saadoun Hammadi, who warned that Iraq would consider the U.S. a "hostile party in the gulf conflict" if it sent supplies to Iran.
From Time Magazine Archive
A second hostile party encountered us, and with great difficulty we also got away from them.
From The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by Paton, James
With the caution habitual in a hill-man he crept down warily; if he should blunder on a hostile party the chances of saving the village and warning his father would be small indeed.
From Barclay of the Guides by Strang, Herbert
A shaggy-headed monster, apparently the leader of the hostile party, again addressed Conolly in his own language.
From The King's Own by Marryat, Frederick
