hostile party
Example Sentences
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Presidents had had to contend with at least one branch of Congress controlled by a hostile party.
From Time Magazine Archive
This threat was implicitly raised last week by Iraqi Foreign Minister Saadoun Hammadi, who warned that Iraq would consider the U.S. a "hostile party in the gulf conflict" if it sent supplies to Iran.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jemmy further declares that the hostile party encountered in Whale-Boat Sound must have been Ailikoleeps; though Eleparu had denied it.
From The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure by Mayne Reid
When they had the opportunity, they refused to disarm the hostile party by concession, and when they at last had the will, the opportunity was taken away.
From A Short History of English Liberalism by Walter Lyon Blease
That the banner of the Church floated over the one camp, while the standard of the Empire rallied to itself the hostile party, was a matter of comparatively superficial moment.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by John Addington Symonds
