Example sentences for: enmity

How can you use “enmity” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He became a priest, but his reformist zeal soon earned him enmity in high places.

  • So far, its main contribution is to illuminate not epic enmity, but the everyday, subtle kind.

  • Ajami complains that many Arab writers and pundits prefer simply not to deal with the cruel realities of the Middle East today: the gap between petrodollar wealth in the Gulf and uninspiring economic growth elsewhere; the persistence of autocracy and the failure to develop accountable governments; the debilitating enmity with Israel; the legacy of foreign rule; the influence of Western political ideas and the sheer power of the United States.

  • 4) It's amazing that they've relaxed their enmity after showing each other their nuclear weapons.

  • What I mean is that by confronting this woman with something that is really none of your business, you run the risk of incurring her enmity and making yourself a target for social unpleasantness.


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