hostility

Example Sentences

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Then she treated Congress with snide hostility when it asked her to answer basic questions about it.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

In the 1980s and 1990s, the gripe was “stick to reading, writing and ‘rithmetic,” which implies hostility toward expanding those lessons to more complex ideas like literary analysis, critical thinking, and higher math and sciences.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

In denying Acuña’s request for a tenured position, the judge argued that the hostility between Acuña and his potential co-workers would make his appointment “both impractical and inappropriate.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

The movement's roots - in South America, and later in Croatia and Italy during the 1960s - include a deep-seated hostility towards authority, policing, and the media.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Fear of other people’s judgments, their questions, their hostility, their fascination.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater