animus

Example Sentences

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She rejected suggestions such tactics could be discriminatory, saying "racial animus has no place in DHS".

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

"He has no apparent animus towards anyone or anything," said film and theatre director Mike Nichols, who directed the Broadway premiere of Stoppard's tale of marriage and affairs "The Real Thing".

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

I won’t quote the clips suddenly flooding social media, the apparent result of someone’s late and incompetent oppo research, of his saying things that betray to my ear an obvious animus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

The defendant bears the considerable burden of proving that the government singled them out and acted with discriminatory intent, or that the charges are a result of animus and would not otherwise have been pursued.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025

Minya’s animus burned brighter than Ruby’s fire, and for good reason: She was the only one of them who actually remembered the Carnage.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor