hostile
Example Sentences
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No one has received a more hostile welcome in the high altitutde of the Azteca than the Americans who have been regular visitors here in World Cup qualifying.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Relations between Iran and the US have been hostile for more than four decades.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Pyongyang has repeatedly shunned efforts by the South Korean government to improve relations, calling Seoul its most "hostile" adversary.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
To live openly as an LGBTQ+ person in a hostile culture is to choose authenticity over safety, and truth over social reward.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
She did not speak to either of her parents as they left the house, Ben filling in for her hostile silences by exuberantly bidding the Matthews farewell again and again.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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