7 sentences with 'animosity'
Example sentences and phrases with the word animosity and other words derived from it.
• « The removal of Andros from power illustrates New England's animosity towards the English lord who, during his rule, established the cult of the Church of England in Puritan Boston and vigorously enforced the Navigation Acts, much to the chagrin of the inhabitants of the port cities. »
• « The war got its name from an incident in 1731 in which a Spanish Coast Guard captain cut off the ear of British Captain Robert Jenkins as punishment for raiding Spanish ships in Panama. Jenkins fuelled the growing animosity between Britain and Spain by showing his ear to Parliament and provoking British public outrage. »
• « The scene depicts animosity towards those who supported royal authority and illustrates the high tide of unrest in the colonies after the British government imposed a series of imperial reform measures during the years 1763-1774. »
• « In New York's Hudson Valley, animosity among the tenants of the Revolutionary leaders' estates turned them to the cause of King and Empire. »
• « Increased animosity against France during the Quasi-War led Congress to pass several measures that eventually undermined Federalist power. These wartime measures of 1798, known as the Alien and Sedition Acts, were intended to increase national security against what most had come to view as the French threat. »
• « The animosity between the political parties erupted into open violence in 1804, when Aaron Burr, Jefferson's first vice president, and Alexander Hamilton fought a duel. »
• « Jackson's animosity towards Indians ran deep. He had fought the Creeks in 1813 and the Seminoles in 1817, and his reputation and popularity rested largely on his firm commitment to removing Indians from the Southern states. »