Sentence examples for long enmity from inspiring English sources

Resolution of the long enmity between America and Shia Islam might be too ambitious, but knowing each other is a start.

For China, rivalry with the Soviet Union and long enmity with Vietnam made the humiliation of its ally, the Khmer Rouge, unacceptable - whatever its crimes.

The former chancellor has a long enmity with the prime minister, who sacked him the day after she was elected Conservative leader, telling him to "get to know the party better".

While he acknowledged that an alliance between Mr. Sharif and Mr. Musharraf was unlikely given the long enmity between the men, he added, "I wouldn't predict anything in politics".

In the days that followed, Iraqi newspapers hinted that Iran, with its Shiite leadership and a centuries-long enmity with Sunni-led Iraq, might have been behind the grenade throwers who tried to kill Mr. Ibrahim, the President's deputy on the Revolutionary Command Council.

Mr Major weakly let him linger for eight more months before dispatching him--earning, in the process, Mr Lamont's life-long enmity.In September 1992, David Mellor was allowed to remain as heritage secretary for too long with Mr Major's support before scandal forced him to quit.

Also hard to believe is the news that the U.S. and Cuba have just agreed to open up mutual embassies, as their decades-long enmity begins to defrost.

In 1960, at the beginning of what would become a decades-long enmity between the two neighbors, Castro expropriated American-owned property and nationalized U.S.-owned assets and companies in Cuba.

How can such a street-smart, free-style humorist be bothered to sustain so many life-long enmities, go to such lengths to avenge himself in print?

When the owners agreed that Mr. Rozelle, the N.F.L. commissioner, would hold the same title in the merged league, Mr. Davis was further miffed, giving rise to their long mutual enmity.

Greece and Turkey share a long, ancient enmity, and Russian news reports noted that Mr. Putin had met his Turkish counterpart in a restored czarist palace on the outskirts of St . Petersburg