hostile party
Example Sentences
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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
Presidents had had to contend with at least one branch of Congress controlled by a hostile party.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hostile party of the natives precedes us.
From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II by Mackenzie, Alexander
He was never able to meet the fleet of the Parliament in battle, and could only wage war by crippling the trade of the hostile party.
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva
That the banner of the Church floated over the one camp, while the standard of the Empire rallied to itself the hostile party, was a matter of comparatively superficial moment.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by Symonds, John Addington
