enmity

Example Sentences

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Despite a shared enmity for the United States and Israel, the Shiite and Sunni militias are bitter sectarian foes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

This is an opportunity to reverse seven decades of enmity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

While the two men's enmity was never completely hidden, Newsom at least appeared to try a bipartisan hug that would keep the mercurial president involved in the costly recovery.

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

But the real problems began in 1973, when the service broadcast gavel-to-gavel prime-time coverage of the Watergate hearings, earning the enmity of President Richard Nixon.

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2025

Johnny was always ready to do his share, or more than his share, in fanning up friendship—or enmity.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes