How to Use animosity in a Sentence

animosity

noun

• We put aside our personal animosities so that we could work together.
• Many sided with the owner, arguing that his girlfriend's animosity toward the dog is a bad sign.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
• Some merchants expressed mixed emotions about the current racial animosity and the attempts to address them.
  — Malavika Kannan, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2021
• What is striking about Minot is the lack of animosity amongst the local population.
  — John Baldoni, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• But across the city in the genteel surroundings of a Marylebone hotel, this animosity will soon turn public.
  — Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 20 Nov. 2024
• Project sites cause anxiety and animosity among neighbors.
  — Luis Sinco, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2021
• Abbott and Biden spent hours together on Friday in Houston with no hint of animosity.
  — al, 4 Mar. 2021
• As the plot thickens, the affable camaraderie between the cousins escalates to hostile animosity.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
• In the early 20th century, racial animosity turned to the Japanese.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2021
• The goal of the third phase was to defuse the animosity.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2022
• The animosity around the town has been too much for some.
  — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 7 July 2019
• But the animosity between the U.S. and Venezuela goes back longer than that.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2022
• There was a little animosity from the man next in line for the job, Kenya Barris.
  — Vulture, 4 Apr. 2023
• There’s a lot of mistrust and animosity between the studios and the guilds.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
• There’s no animosity from the OGs who have suffered through the tough times with the franchise.
  — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 21 May 2024
• On the other side of all that anger and animosity awaits joy.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
• The parties may not even be aware of the true reason for their animosity.
  — Svetlana Whitener, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
• Most of the racial animosity comes from outside the unit — or from Jesse himself.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022
• At the event, there's no sign of animosity between the two parties.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2015
• One is the level of animosity, angst and hatred for the court, or, rather, for the four justices in question.
  — John Baer, Philly.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• But in real life, the animosity was still a dish served hot.
  — Lisa Grunwald, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
• But that doesn’t mean there is any animosity — the Jeter siblings are very close.
  — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
• Bria asks Zeta to chat the day after the coupling to find out what is up with the animosity toward her.
  — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2022
• There may be too much bad blood, too much suspicion and too much anger on both sides to turn the animosity around.
  — Bloomberg.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• For many, the intensity of the animosity came as a shock.
  — New York Times, 23 May 2021
• While some fans still searched for hidden animosity, many called for an end to all the drama.
  — Whitney Perry, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2022
• But in that short period of time there was a lot of animosity.
  — Richard Fetzer, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2022
• George was asked why there was so much animosity for him.
  — Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Mar. 2023
• As Kytch hit its stride over the months that followed, the strange orders stopped and there were no more clear signs of animosity from Taylor.
  — Andy Greenberg, Wired, 20 Apr. 2021
• The animosity between the two appeared to be short-lived, at least publicly.
  — Josh Criswell, Chron, 6 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024