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
As soon as they made this discovery, they slackened their pace, being apprehensive, from the shouts and other sounds that reached them, that some hostile party might be among the assemblage.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
The unconditional submission of the hostile party was followed by their speedy removal to the country assigned them west of the Mississippi.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 1: Andrew Jackson (Second Term) by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
The leader of the hostile party stood in the centre of the circle, while the rout of monsters cowered around him like evil spirits in the presence of a dread magician.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
