Sentence examples for be inimical from inspiring English sources
adjective
Harmful in effect.
- Suicide is inimical to the health of the participant.
The calculus of thinking about not participating in an important local forum solely in terms of whether it gives partisan advantage or makes partisan sense, illustrates exactly why George Washington disliked political parties and thought them to be inimical to the well-being of democracy.
That would be inimical to the internet's protean nature.
But competition can also be inimical to friendship.
Most are likely to be inimical to Brexit.
That, of course, would be inimical to press freedom.
Ignoring this departure from binding authority would be inimical to our bedrock constitutional principles.
More months of protracted litigation are inimical to the nation's well-being.
Book culture and non-disclosure agreements are inimical.
Relations between Jogaila and his uncle Kęstutis, however, were inimical.
Such alliances were inimical to McEwan's wife.
Markets are inimical to innovation because they crave equilibrium.
