antagonism
Example Sentences
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Ms. Hoffman’s Desdemona has a pronounced, wide-eyed girlishness that makes her confusion at her husband’s suspicions and growing antagonism pitiful to watch.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
"A youth movement will be more effective when internal divisions are minimal, there is ideological plurality without antagonism, and there are few established parties that can easily hijack the movement's results."
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Gender-focused research supports the lived experience of what women already know: There is a rising tide of gender-based antagonism both online and offline.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026
Yet, the film remains seductive despite its near-constant cacophonous antagonism.
From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025
She looked at me with a glitter of antagonism.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing antagonism
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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Grade 9, List 5
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