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noun

enmity

a state of deep-seated ill-will

In a sentence

Six example sentences with enmity, each labelled with its topic.

  • The two families in the play have not spoken for sixty years, and the enmity outlives everyone who caused it.

    Literature

  • Centuries of border raids left an enmity so settled that ordinary trade between the two towns stopped for generations.

    History

  • The two founders split badly in 1998, and the enmity still shapes which conferences each one refuses to attend.

    Business

  • The enmity between the two franchises dates to a 1984 playoff series and colors every meeting since.

    Basketball

  • The enmity between the two senators was so settled that aides scheduled hearings to keep them apart.

    Politics

  • The rival directors' enmity became a subplot in the press, though both denied it on every red carpet.

    Movies

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