Sentence examples for was often hostile from inspiring English sources

The reception was often hostile.

Cooperatives were heavily taxed, supplies were difficult to procure, and the public was often hostile.

It's also undeniable that the left's rhetoric over the Iraq War was often hostile, simplistic, and unfair.

But when questioned by Gerald T. Zerkin, a public defender experienced in capital cases, he was often hostile.

Mr Rutte's previous government, with his centre-right Liberals in queasy pseudo-partnership with Geert Wilders's far-right Party for Freedom, was often hostile to Brussels.

Those early settlers entered a city that was often hostile, and the neighborhood remained for years hobbled by crime, poverty and a dearth of opportunity.

"Governments are often hostile to speech," wrote Justice Kennedy.

These intermediaries are often hostile critics, he adds.

While they are hungry for affection, they are often hostile, and resistant to therapy.

If the state broadcaster is biased towards the ANC, the press is often hostile to it.

Early reactions to Kraftwerk were often hostile, and sometimes verged on xenophobic.