Sentence examples for persistent hostility from inspiring English sources

When asked how this squares with persistent hostility among some Germans toward immigrants from Islamic countries, and with Chancellor Angela Merkel's recent claim that multiculturalism had failed, Ms. Aladag weighed her words carefully.

GENEVA — Brushing off widespread condemnation of its nuclear test earlier month, North Korea rebuked the United States on Wednesday for destabilizing the Korean Peninsula and fueling an "explosive situation" by its persistent hostility toward Pyongyang.

The Brotherhood says it is committed to the rule of law and equal rights, but unless those concepts are applied in ways that let women live their lives safely and as true partners and citizens alongside men, they are just slogans and a surefire guarantee of persistent hostility and controversy in a country that can ill afford either.

Persistent hostility from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iraq, all three dominated by the US, have further isolated Syria among the Arabs.

In the current case, Chauncey's emphasis must necessarily be different — rather than the tenuousness of anti-gay laws, and the relatively late arrival of an identity called homosexuality, he must stress a persistent, structural hostility toward homosexuals.

Increasing militarization in Northeast Asia, with South Korea planning to deploy cruise missiles capable of striking North Korea and Pyongyang threatening unspecified "second and third measures of greater intensity" against the United States as punishment for persistent American "hostility," with the nuclear test Tuesday just a first measure.

Ever since Portnoy, he has endured the kind of attention that might drive you to crave solitude, or into paranoia: incessant self-abuse jokes, a persistent drizzle of hostility and the envious scrutiny of lesser writers.

3. Antagonism, characterized by: a. Hostility: Persistent or frequent angry feelings; anger or irritability in response to minor slights and insults ([ 8], p.766-767).

Few politicians have been treated to such persistent and prolonged press hostility as Tony Benn.

So now it's out in the open -- the persistent ethnic animosities, the hostility reflected in words like "blackmail".

But both the problem and its worsening reflect a toxic combination of deep-seated hostility and persistent neglect.