Sentence examples for hostile posture from inspiring English sources

"But it in no way is a hostile posture".

The White House reflexively assumed a hostile posture, like a cornered skunk.

Aside from those "realities," it seems clear that Moscow finds the conciliatory posture much more profitable than a hostile posture.

"It is believed two or three of these men may have been carrying weapons, although witnesses said none were assuming a hostile posture at the time".

The regime views these markets — and the women who run them — with "an ambivalent if not actively hostile posture," Mr. Haggard and Mr. Noland write.

The briefing established a rocky dynamic that culminated in Trump's dismissing Comey, and with Trump adopting a hostile posture toward the intelligence and law-enforcement agencies investigating him.

Her hostile posturing has turned even well-meaning people against Team Davis, depriving Shani of the stature and recognition that his hard work and glittering achievements warrant.

After months of hostile posturing in early 1997, the Padres finally traded Irabu's rights to the Yankees, with whom he promptly signed a four-year deal.

"There is a need for South Korea to re-establish its strength both domestically and in the face of increasingly hostile posturing from North Korea.

"We have taken note of his intention to disrupt peaceful elections in Kashmir, and to continue his hostile postures towards India," an Indian government spokeswoman, Nirupama Rao, said in a statement.

Calling out these instances of sexist behavior is exhausting, because the response is often one of defensive, even hostile posturing.