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 leader of the hostile party stood in the centre of the circle, while the route of monsters cowered around him, like evil spirits in the presence of a dread magician.
From From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
We shortly afterwards met a hostile party of natives, who refused us further passage.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
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
