hostility
Example Sentences
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"We do not want this terrible tragedy to be used to divide people or fuel hostility," they said.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The family added that it "apologises to the Sikh community for our son's actions which have unfairly brought the community into disrepute" and asked that the "tragedy is not used to inflame division or hostility".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The hostility in these responses is in full view.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
“The company has demonstrated a degree of hostility to shareholders’ exercise of certain of these key accountability mechanisms in recent years,” ISS wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Moreover, they considered that they had already demonstrated patience and forbearance in the face of decades of neglect and outright hostility on the part of the white town leaders.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Vocabulary lists containing hostility
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
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