arouse hostility
Frequency: 6.06.8 per million words
to cause unfriendly or angry feelings
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Examples (20)
- The politician's divisive rhetoric was calculated to arouse hostility among different communities.
- Such a move might arouse public hostility.
- The unprovoked attack will inevitably arouse hostility from the international community.
- His comments were likely to arouse considerable hostility among the community.
- His constant criticism started to arouse hostility within the team.
- The proposed changes aroused strong hostility from environmental groups.
- The controversial new law has aroused widespread hostility among the public.
- Unfair policies often arouse deep hostility towards the government.
- Be careful with your words; you don't want to accidentally arouse hostility.
- She tried to avoid actions that would arouse hostility from her colleagues.
- Considerable hostility was aroused by the company's decision to cut wages.
- The decision to cut funding aroused widespread hostility across the university.
- The treaty's harsh terms aroused hostility that would later lead to another war.
- Careless words can easily arouse unexpected hostility.
- Studies show how easily online echo chambers can arouse hostility towards outsiders.
- Their aggressive tactics only served to arouse further hostility.
- The defense attorney avoided questions that might arouse hostility against her client.
- A lack of transparency can arouse suspicion and hostility among stakeholders.
- Any form of discrimination is likely to arouse hostility and resentment.
- He always managed to arouse hostility from his rivals without even trying.