How to Use antagonistic in a Sentence

antagonistic

adjective

• They found it impossible to deal with such antagonistic groups.
• Not all presidents are so thin-skinned and antagonistic to the press.
  — Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 17 June 2017
• Hall explained that humans have an antagonistic muscle system.
  — Steve Waters, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 June 2017
• Editor’s picks Much of the talk around finances on the app has remained largely antagonistic against large-scale influencers.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
• Qatar has long had antagonistic relations with Saudi Arabia, but this marks the most severe confrontation in over three decades.
  — Jessica Loudis, New Republic, 20 June 2017
• This is despite other people in Trump’s orbit who may push for antagonistic and combative relationships with partners.
  — Laura Kelly, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
• Bahati, a 31-year-old male, apparently was chased up a tree by antagonistic chimps in the zoo’s spacious and woodsy exhibit on Wednesday morning.
  — Matt Campbell, kansascity.com, 25 June 2017
• Starro the Conqueror shows up in the trailer – in the comics, the antagonistic starfish was the first villain faced by the Justice League in the 1960s.
  — Jake Coyle, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2021
• In the latter video, a masked Tyler shoves his way through an antagonistic crowd.
  — Jade Gomez, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
• Cuban had been largely antagonistic toward both Trump and Musk in the lead-up to the election.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 Nov. 2024
• Unlike the House, where the swearing in was overshadowed by the antagonistic fight over the speaker's chair, the mood was jovial in the Senate.
  — Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2023
• That can help ensure the relationship between the doula and the rest of the health care team isn’t antagonistic.
  — Elizabeth Preston, STAT, 8 Nov. 2019
• That has been most plain in his antagonistic approach to Germany, the main host of U.S. forces in Europe.
  — Robert Burns, The Seattle Times, 10 July 2018
• The country’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, is fiercely antagonistic to the United States and hasn’t left the country in 30 years.
  — Noah Bierman, latimes.com, 20 June 2019
• Henry, you and I talked last year about how the Gorn had become the central antagonistic aliens for Season 1.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
• In 1995, Gingrich became the speaker of the House and his antagonistic style became the new normal.
  — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 27 May 2021
• What came out in this improv was how antagonistic these two different worlds of bats and birds could be.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2021
• So those who are antagonistic to you might be very much all over social media.
  — Time, 18 Sep. 2022
• They may be compelled to take a more antagonistic stance.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022
• Ruff, in contrast, could fairly be called one of the most antagonistic cop-watchers, Hiller said.
  — Robert Klemko, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
• During the booking process the man was in turns carefree, then antagonistic.
  — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 6 Jan. 2018
• That ended up meaning a lot of things that were antagonistic to North Korea.
  — Alex Ward, Vox, 12 Dec. 2018
• Russia’s fake news law is a severe step for a country whose government is already antagonistic to the ideals of a free press.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2022
• The book paints an ugly picture of a chaotic White House, but the media's largely antagonistic role is also part of the portrait.
  — Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
• As relations between China and the United States grow more antagonistic, the rest of the world is watching with unease.
  — Huong Le Thu, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2023
• For UConn coach Dan Hurley, this is a great time to see how his team plays in an antagonistic environment down its key players.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 7 Dec. 2021
• Those who have been most antagonistic toward Trump, like Sens.
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 10 Apr. 2018
• Graphika also found that one of the most cohesive and least antagonistic fan groups was the Spanish-language Swifties.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
• But their defensive habits can also have an antagonistic side: Like crabs, Cancers have claws and can pinch like hell.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 14 May 2018
• For as much as the local press was antagonistic toward wrestling, one match caught their attention.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Dec. 2020

Last Updated: 3 Feb 2025