Example sentences for: hostilities

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

  • Self assertion reigned again: After years of peace, hostilities broke out between the Hindus and the Muslims.

  • The bill for Home Rule finally became law just as World War I broke out, but with the proviso that it was not to be enacted until hostilities ended.

  • Example: "We have had either hostilities or threatened hostilities at interesting times throughout the last year" (incoming House Speaker Bob Livingston).

  • "I need the gentleman from Utah to explain to me how a generation unborn in circumstances unforeseen will deal with renewed military hostilities, a deep recession, or the problem of declining economic competitiveness."

  • Even there, for all the hostilities, there’s an undeniable cultural affinity with India — feuding brothers rather than unrelated strangers.


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