Sentence examples for common enmity from inspiring English sources
The left decided early on that the only thing that might bind liberals, socialists, communists, Catholics, Greens and assorted free-marketeers under their untested leader was their common enmity towards Mr Berlusconi.
Mr Gilani will lead an alliance predicated principally on the constituent parties' common enmity towards the president, so disagreements about whether to push for Mr Musharraf's impeachment could easily undermine the coalition.
For it to be possible for groups that are related by enmity nevertheless to co-exist in a shared framework which limits the consequences of war mutual enmity must be prevented from reaching the level of absolute enmity.
Under the umbrella of the May 23 Movement, reformers were able to engineer President Mohammad Khatami's landslide upset in 1997 and to win a broad victory in last year's municipal elections because they were driven by a single common passion: enmity toward the hard-line fundamentalist clergy.
Conquered territories were assimilated through intermarriage, uniform laws, and a common tradition of enmity to the Yoruba.
Post-settlement regime loyalists and the mainstream forces of the opposition could find themselves needing to form a common front – despite their current enmity – to confront those who want to destroy whatever remains of Syria's rich diversity and tolerance.
Mutual regard cancels enmity.
Absurdly, co-operation between the two bodies, both based in Brussels and with 21 members in common, is often blocked by the enmity between Cyprus (in the EU but not NATO) and Turkey (in NATO but not the EU).
Gang enmity and feuding were common in the slums, and seriously affected the lives of adolescent women and their families.
