How to Use enmity in a Sentence

enmity

noun
  • 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 is just as strong here, and the passion too.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But about a year ago, a young lioness in the park put this enmity aside.
    — Cara Giaimo, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020
  • In this case, Jones earned the enmity coming his way from the team’s fans.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2025
  • There is only scorched earth, and mockery, and enmity.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Today, the enmity is just as intense, but the weaponry is more lethal.
    — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Once their trust was broken, their enmity grew stronger even than their desire to succeed.
    — Indrani Sen, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Some residents said there had been long-running enmity among the men.
    — SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2019
  • The enmity of the people and the elite takes the shape of a rivalry between two elites.
    — Alexis Carré, National Review, 18 Feb. 2020
  • 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
  • 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 fan bases have a long-standing enmity, and the players don’t much like each other either.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • But Wolkoff sheds more light on the extent and depth of the enmity behind those impassive faces.
    — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2020
  • There were no signs of enmity in either of the players’ press conferences that followed.
    — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2019
  • His dedication to a sound dollar earned him the enmity of many Democrats.
    — Roger Lowenstein, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2019
  • An end to the six-week war—and a half century of enmity—was never going to be resolved in a single day.
    — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • With none willing to stand in the face of enmity, spite and oppression, Jerusalem was destroyed.
    — Ciera Bates-Chamberlain, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • In fact, the competition was more about hype, with little to no true enmity between the outfits.
    — Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 16 July 2024
  • But baseball can also inspire true enmity.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Part of that story is the longstanding enmity between Bill and the Globe.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2021
  • To be sure, the depth of Arab enmity towards Israel varied by country.
    — David Mednicoff, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • On the one hand, nobody should actively seek out MCU fan enmity.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Dec. 2021
  • There was no reason for this, Harb believed—in spite of their enmity, the two peoples should know each other and read each other.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Indignation in the face of injustice, yes—but not enmity.
    — Emily Chamlee-Wright, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2026

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