hostile
Example Sentences
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Then it would need to be mechanically excavated from deep underground in the middle of hostile territory and could weigh 1,000 pounds.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
An audibly hostile Justice Neil Gorsuch was no less impressed.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
That point is especially important for vulnerable teenagers whose offline environments may be isolating or hostile.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
"The rapid growth in recent years of Iranian state threats is grave: hostile state surveillance activity, 20 disrupted plots, and recent attempted attacks on the Iranian diaspora," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
These wartime allies stood for opposing worldviews and hostile ideologies, and their recent triumph over Nazism made them less, not more, open to compromise.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
