Sentence examples for by a general hostility from inspiring English sources

Besides, Guy argued, it could hardly be said that Davis was motivated by a general hostility to men in the workplace.

For one thing, as a practical matter it's hard to imagine many circumstances in which men would be motivated by a general hostility to other men in the workplace, while it is easy to imagine men motivated by a general hostility to women in the workplace.

He could present evidence that the harasser was animated by "a general hostility" to men in the workplace (or, if the plaintiff was a woman harassed by a woman, to women in the workplace).

There is a general hostility towards far-right politics, Islamophobia and discrimination.

What unites his disparate positions is a general hostility to secularism, science, and the industrialized world.

In a few cases this has been the consequence of a general hostility to the whole idea of law.

Many critics harbor both a general hostility to banking and a belief that commodity money gold is the only real money.

The ideological foundation of the program reflects a general hostility to safety and environmental regulation under the Bush administration.

Lactantius charged that Maximian defiled senators' daughters and traveled with young virgins to satisfy his unending lust, though Lactantius' credibility is undermined by his general hostility towards pagans.

Steinem interpreted her mother's inability to hold on to a job as evidence of general hostility towards working women.

Fueling the general hostility has been a weeklong drama, played out in daily installments, of the return of five Japanese kidnapped by North Korea in the 1970's.