Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for hostile. Search instead for hostle.
Definitions

hostile

[hos-tl, -tahyl] / ˈhɒs tl, -taɪl /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The referee stopped the match during his narrow win against Nathan Aspinall in the last eight on Saturday to warn the hostile crowd about its behaviour, before play resumed.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

She would be returning to a country where much of the state, including the security apparatus, is hostile to her.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

We are increasing readiness against existing threats, and the United States has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Smith has returned to South Africa for a one-day series in 2020 and has played in front of hostile crowds during multiple Ashes tours to England.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

From an accomplice and a communicative person he had become withdrawn and hostile.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Meanwhile, around 3,000 Pakistanis have left Iran since hostiles began.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2025

Another 2020, another arrival from extraterrestrial hostiles, this time with the ability to hunt with surgical precision based on nothing but sound.

From The Guardian Jan. 6, 2020

The kitchen loves its star patty so much that the cooks sometimes act as if they’re protecting it from hostiles — or the condiments Jaffe mentioned.

From Washington Post Aug. 20, 2018

While space traveling on branching paths, the player lands on nodes that become arenas with attacking hostiles in fun, turn-based fights in a retro, 8-bit presentation.

From Washington Times Jul. 7, 2017

The Retrieval Squad put down just inside the boundary and began an immediate scan for possible hostiles.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




Vocabulary lists containing hostile


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Just like flashcards, but way more fun

Don't take our word for it. Leave the boring studying behind and join VocabTrainer today. You'll learn even faster and never look back.

Take me to Vocabulary.com