The phrase "hostile encounters" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe a situation in which two parties are engaging in a conflict. For example, "The negotiations turned into a series of hostile encounters, and no agreement could be reached."
Mr. Li, after hostile encounters with local officials, moved to the United States.
Tense and even hostile encounters were frequent and must have further distorted the mutual views of those involved.
LGBT travellers can struggle to be sure the holiday they are booking won't lead to awkward, or even hostile encounters.
In spite of storms, accidents and some hostile encounters with natives, the first half of "Stowaway" moves slowly.
According to one story, during the initial hostile encounters between the Indians and the Spaniards, the Indians' naguals fought on their side against the invaders.
According to Fox, the children's views have been shaped by their families' experience of camp life, and sometimes hostile encounters with French police.
"Don't believe everything you've heard about me," Megan tells a homicide detective after their first, quite hostile encounter.
"I haven't had a hostile encounter in a long time, though I can never rule that out.
Like "Cold Mountain," a lot of "Thirteen Moons" is episodic, a string of adventure stories — about hunting or fighting or other kinds of hostile encounter.
Mr. True's last notes described a hostile encounter with a Huichol named Juan who threatened to arrest him for taking pictures.
Even so, the failure to disclose a hostile encounter with Iran's military at a time of increased international tensions over the disputed Iranian nuclear program — and five days before the American presidential election — raises questions for the Obama administration.
