hostility
Example Sentences
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His hostility toward Big Tech marks a notable departure from his corporate-friendly jurisprudence in other cases.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
In the 1980s and 1990s, the gripe was “stick to reading, writing and ‘rithmetic,” which implies hostility toward expanding those lessons to more complex ideas like literary analysis, critical thinking, and higher math and sciences.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026
“There is no place in this world for antisemitism as well as other forms of prejudice or hostility towards the Jewish people and people of any religion, ethnicity, or race,” the team said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
The same mindset governs: evidentiary maximalism detached from clinical reality, indifference to patient urgency, and hostility to the flexibility Congress intended.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Bred for hostility, they traveled from town to town performing what was called "the traditional vachette program."
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Vocabulary lists containing hostility
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
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