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Sentence count:267+13Posted:2016-07-21Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: aggressiveantagonisticbelligerentbittermilitantunfavorableunfriendlyAntonym: amiablefavorablefriendlySimilar words: hosttileghosthostagestillwhosethoseuntilMeaning: ['hɑstl /'hɒstaɪl]  n. troops belonging to the enemy's military forces. adj. 1. characterized by enmity or ill will 2. not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally 3. very unfriendly 4. impossible to bring into friendly accord 5. very unfavorable to life or growth 6. marked by features that oppose constructive treatment or development 7. unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business). 
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151. Time allowed 00:18 Read in studio A brewery which fought off a hostile takeover bid last year has announced record profits.
152. He built high walls to protect his people from hostile forces.
153. The press, which Shas activists regard as particularly hostile to their party, was showered with abuse.
154. They had not been prepared for the fierce extremes of climate, or for the hostile reception of the natives.
155. He was hostile to the joint-stock company as a medium through which to carry on business enterprise.
156. A hostile nation has attacked with the silent and invisible weapons of cyberspace.
157. The hostile reception of Alford's views led him to reflect that he was being denied the parliamentary right of free speech.
158. In this environment it is perhaps surprising that the early factories should have received such hostile criticism.
159. In modern times interest has centred around what it is about the owl that makes it the target for this hostile treatment.
160. People have become ever more hostile to the idea of living near a rubbish dump.
161. Ten months earlier, in the same committee room, unions hostile to Taylor had fired their opening salvos.
162. The coach was returned to the capital under armed escort, where its occupants were greeted by a silent, hostile crowd.
163. He felt at bay, like a very dim minister facing a hostile House.
164. That would certainly suit the Jaguar management's book and has less potential for political embarrassment than an unruly hostile bid.
165. Just at that moment a small fat man bobbed up among the line of hostile faces.
166. Sometimes the Church can be part of the very essence of the hostile waters.
167. Dinkins attempted to visit the area on Aug. 21(sentence dictionary), but was repelled by hostile crowds.
168. I would say that Courtaulds is reasonably healthy in an extremely hostile environment.
169. None of these sources of hostile fire was ever pinned down.
170. Private practice is burdened by bureaucratic demands in a hostile climate.
171. Racial harassment involves hostile or offensive behaviour towards an individual or group because of their race.
172. But we also attribute to him the power to mediate between those same concerns and the hostile forces of disease.
173. They died for their quest for comfort in a hostile environment.
174. Like, this estate here, the people here have always been hostile towards the police as long as I can remember.
175. Hostile forces have taken control of cities in the north of the country.
176. It is life sculpted by extreme and hostile conditions, life that is fragile and all but unknown.
177. Jobs under threat ... Dowty loses the hostile takeover battle.
178. No one seriously contests any more that a hostile tax climate has hurt New York's economy.
179. As it was, those legislators owed black voters nothing and were therefore free to take positions openly hostile to them.
180. They must do the chores of life, must gain in strength and wisdom to cope with the hostile time of manhood.
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