How to Use rancor in a Sentence

rancor

noun

• In the end, the debate created a degree of rancor among the committee members.
• She answered her accusers calmly and without rancor.
• The toll rancor, on a national level, isn’t going away anytime soon.
  — al, 11 Aug. 2019
• Sun Yang was back in the pool but with none of the rancor from the previous night when he was booed and shunned on the medals podium.
  — Beth Harris, baltimoresun.com, 24 July 2019
• All this squalid executive-branch rancor left the right free to spin the incident before the facts were known.
  — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 5 Aug. 2019
• But some tariffs remain in place and the rancor between the two countries continues.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 29 July 2019
• Our nation is torn by political rancor and battles over who is an American.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2019
• But Jones, the history museum curator, said he was heartened to learn that in the midst of the unprecedented racial rancor, scenes played out that belied the strife.
  — William Lee, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
• The class could also teach students why online exchanges, including on social media and email, end in rancor and hostility more often than do face-to-face exchanges.
  — Tyler Cowen, The Denver Post, 7 July 2019
• Kotek secured some Republican support for the housing measure, which helped insulate it from the partisan rancor.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2019
• Fear and loathing are apt descriptors for the site, where the rancor of the far-right thrives.
  — Bryan C. Parker, Chron, 1 Dec. 2020
• And the rancor was not contained to the meeting itself.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2021
• In Chicago, the rancor is so great that teachers are on the brink of striking.
  — Michael Kunzelman and Holly Ramer, Chron, 2 Feb. 2021
• It’s among the saving graces of a realm buffeted by bots and wracked with rancor.
  — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 12 May 2021
• Their presence added some spice to the game, not the rancor when Yankees fans invade.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
• Biden faces an electorate that is exhausted by the rancor and unrest of the Trump years.
  — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 26 Sep. 2020
• The rancor of more than seven decades of Arab-Israeli conflict seemed to melt away in a matter of days.
  — Dan Balilty, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2020
• The rancor and division that has been the main feature of our politics over the past decades would fade.
  — Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022
• When Keiko shows up to retrieve her daughter, there is no rancor.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2024
• In this time of rancor and division, Cox said Utahns must lead as an example to the rest of the nation.
  — Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Jan. 2022
• In ceding the floor to Joan, and tracing Ted’s path without a hint of rancor, James has made a bold artistic and moral choice.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2023
• Among the reasons Boyko gave Dottore extra money was because of the rancor in the case.
  — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 19 Feb. 2020
• Meyer blamed the rancor on some members of the board as well as top DNR officials.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2021
• Judge declined the offer without rancor and the sides remain on good terms.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022
• Since then, the border has been mostly quiet, but the rancor remains.
  — Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2020
• The Supreme Court has been quiet despite new rancor over Brett Kavanaugh.
  — NBC News, 17 Sep. 2019
• When things get hairy, Boba resorts to a drastic measure: bring out the rancor.
  — Carson Burton, Variety, 5 Aug. 2022
• Speculation over the source of the letter’s leak is adding fuel to the council rancor.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
• Fulbright’s life is an object lesson about global-mindedness in an age of political rancor.
  — Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
• The increasingly partisan rancor surrounding the court was underscored by a sting of sorts at a recent Supreme Court Historical Society dinner — the type of hardball political tactic more commonly seen on the campaign trail.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 6 July 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024