How to Use enmity in a Sentence

enmity

noun
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  • We need to put aside old enmities for the sake of peace.
  • His comments earned him the enmity of his coworkers.
  • There's a long history of enmity between them.
  • The enmity of the people and the elite takes the shape of a rivalry between two elites.
    — Alexis Carré, National Review, 18 Feb. 2020
  • But about a year ago, a young lioness in the park put this enmity aside.
    — Cara Giaimo, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020
  • The regime has held fast to power despite — or because of — the enmity of the colossus to the north.
    — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2019
  • The drama of his exit made clear the enmity that now lies between him and the president.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, The Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The proposal flew in the face of the grim realities on the ground and the depth of enmity between the warring factions.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
  • That enmity between Iran and the U.S. has ebbed and surged over the decades since.
    — Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The future that these years of atrophy and anomie and enmity teased at arrived all at once.
    — David Roth, The New Republic, 11 June 2020
  • Today, the enmity is just as intense, but the weaponry is more lethal.
    — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 20 Oct. 2020
  • But Wolkoff sheds more light on the extent and depth of the enmity behind those impassive faces.
    — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2020
  • Some residents said there had been long-running enmity among the men.
    — SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2019
  • Part of that story is the longstanding enmity between Bill and the Globe.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2021
  • Weil’s position earned him the enmity of the gig companies.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The film gains a striking rhythm, alternating personal enmity with shots of the wide open sky or the rolling ocean.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The two men have known each other for decades and have shared an enmity that has occasionally spilled into the open.
    — David Winning, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2018
  • His dedication to a sound dollar earned him the enmity of many Democrats.
    — Roger Lowenstein, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2019
  • That has helped earn him a special enmity from progressives.
    — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The enmity between the two camps might have been good for education as a whole with each segment acting as a check against the other.
    — Akil Bello, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • Contrast that with the Left’s growing enmity to the Jewish ...
    — Daniel Foster, National Review, 1 Dec. 2022
  • There were no signs of enmity in either of the players’ press conferences that followed.
    — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2019
  • This is a destructive trend that will inevitably lead to more racial balkanization and enmity.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Where the envy and enmity inside the league reached a peak was in the Cowboys' pursuit of those college players around draft time.
    — Peter King, SI.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Yet the Taliban's enmity toward the media is no secret.
    — Farahnaz Forotan, Star Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Trump said his opposition to those wars has earned him the enmity of some current and former high-ranking people in the armed forces.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Book clubs can also be the epicenter of fierce friendships and enmity; a breeding ground for resentments large and small.
    — Judith Newman, The Seattle Times, 17 May 2017
  • The two leaders, who have bonded over a shared enmity of Iran and a desire to make deals, lavished praise on each other.
    — Vivian Nereim, Bloomberg.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • To be sure, the depth of Arab enmity towards Israel varied by country.
    — David Mednicoff, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2019
  • The long enmity between the two countries has devolved into nuclear threats.
    — Jerry Large, The Seattle Times, 18 Jan. 2018

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