How to Use acrimony in a Sentence

acrimony

noun
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  • The dispute began again with increased acrimony.
  • How to divvy up the costs has been a source of acrimony in the past.
    — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 5 July 2022
  • And for fans, the worst part might be that acrimony is here to stay.
    — Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2017
  • Many voters were tired of the chaos and acrimony of the Trump years.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Boebert seems to relish the fighting and the acrimony as the ends rather than the means.
    — Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The restraint shown by OPEC+ is in stark contrast to the acrimony of a year ago.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Measures to curb the virus have also been the cause of acrimony.
    — New York Times, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Is there a nicer way to get my point across without the acrimony?
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The bill is a case study in the acrimony that pervades the nation’s divides.
    — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2021
  • But if all this combines to make the game better, the acrimony will have been worth it.
    — New York Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • And still the bedraggled franchise remains the butt of jokes and source of acrimony.
    — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Despite the signing of the agreement on the name dispute, there was acrimony about the deal on both sides of the border.
    — Niki Kitsantonis, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2018
  • As the lockout dragged into a fourth month, the acrimony between the sides threatened to damage the long-term health of the sport.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The decision — on a 5-2 vote — came amid acrimony that has come to mark the court in recent years.
    — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2017
  • As the campaign hurled toward the finish line, the acrimony on both sides boiled over.
    — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2020
  • But since Trump’s election, the acrimony between the two men has grown.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Perhaps that's why Still Star-Crossed goes out of its way not to deal with racial acrimony.
    — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 1 June 2017
  • The acrimony is shared among some of top foreign allies of the United States.
    — Kevin Liptak, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021
  • If there was acrimony between the team and Ayton, it was buried last fall.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2022
  • There has always been huge acrimony in the making of this film.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 June 2017
  • The acrimony reached a fever pitch after Khan’s arrest in May.
    — Mehdi Hasan, NBC News, 26 July 2023
  • The film takes us through 25 years of winsome acrimony between these two.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • After two weeks of public acrimony, Emanuel has agreed to speed up construction of the three gates, the source said.
    — Bill Ruthhart, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The fight over finances has at times boiled over into acrimony in court between the two camps.
    — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The lack of a hard deadline has fed into the acrimony and distrust between the two parties.
    — Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • Forget the trend, in recent years, for trying to keep any acrimony under the radar.
    — Claire Cohen, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Look for the acrimony at the end, when lawmakers have dispensed with much of the major business.
    — Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Elliott sticks out both for the volume of its campaigns as well as for their acrimony.
    — Cara Lombardo, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2018
  • Money is one compelling way to soothe that kind of town-gown acrimony.
    — Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The acrimony at City Hall shows little sign of abating.
    — oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2019

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