Sentence examples for state of hostility from inspiring English sources

Rather, we're talking about a hypothetical New York divided between two nations which are in a state of hostility.

As yet, the state of hostility between the two sides of the straits has not formally ended.

During the 1330s England gradually drifted into a state of hostility with France, for which the most obvious reason was the dispute over English rule in Gascony.

Both sets of voters wanted a leader who would restore security and heal the sectarian divide that has kept the country in a near constant state of hostility.

When Alexander I came to the throne in March 1801, Russia was in a state of hostility with most of Europe, though its armies were not actually fighting; its only ally was its traditional enemy, Turkey.

Their removal is needed before any peace talks can begin to end the legal state of hostility that has persisted since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, he said.

There are even hints that the Chinese might offer to end the state of hostilities that has existed for half a century in return for the start of a dialogue.

The department's Web site advises travelers from the United States to avoid the region, noting that "because of the existing state of hostilities, we cannot offer consular services to U.S. citizens in Nagorno-Karabakh".

Now, I wouldn't be surprised if the President uses the death of bin Laden to justify accelerating America's disengagement from a conflict for which he's never felt much enthusiasm, regardless of the state of hostilities between the vicious Taliban and the venal Afghan government — which is what the war is mainly about.

Colonel Pohl said that to the extent the question was a legal one, he owed deference to the judgment of the executive and legislative branches that "the United States government had simply been slow to recognize the existence of a state of hostilities then existing between the United States and Al Qaeda and its affiliates and franchises".

Now, I wouldn't be surprised if the President uses the death of bin Laden to justify accelerating America's disengagement from a conflict for which he's never felt much enthusiasm, regardless of the state of hostilities between the vicious Taliban and the venal Afghan government which is what the war is mainly about.