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with hostility

adv. in a belligerent hostile manner; "he pushed her against the wall belligerently" [syn: belligerently, hostilely]

Usage examples of "with hostility".

She looked at the other woman almost with hostility, and saw a flicker of emotion in Caillean's dark eyes, like a hidden current in a pool.

Like her ex, Al thought with hostility, but set the feeling aside.

The Mahometans, whose religion he then treated with hostility and contempt, being far the most numerous, were his most dangerous enemies, and therefore the objects of his most inveterate hatred.

Though he dealt with hostilities in the settlements on a daily basis, dealing with hostility here in Settlement One was not something he had done before.

Those who bore their nakedness with hostility he scrutinized painstakingly, knowing that violence and the sea are shipmates.

He had the same pugnacious jaw and fervent eyes, which now regarded Sharpe with hostility.

When they reached towns and villages they sought out the sick and injured and healed them, they demonstrated their ability to ignite fires and shape wood, and, when they met with hostility and threats, they made it clear that they could also use their powers to defend themselves.

The atmosphere was heavy with hostility, like smoke in an airless room, and for a while I assumed it was all focused on me -- which most of it was when I made my initial appearance, but the focus dissolved very quickly.

Their world is so rife with hostility that they don't even recognize it.