ANTAGONISM in a Sentence
Learn ANTAGONISM from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
11 example sentences for ANTAGONISM, such as:
1. The new rules will create a lot of antagonism.
2. There's a history of antagonism between the two teams.
3. All to be seen was shame for captivity and regret for the right to antagonize.
4. When we antagonize, taunt or inflame our opponents, we motivate them to defeat us.
5. Its object is, and its result must be, to dissolve wrath by the study of antagonisms.
2. There's a history of antagonism between the two teams.
3. All to be seen was shame for captivity and regret for the right to antagonize.
4. When we antagonize, taunt or inflame our opponents, we motivate them to defeat us.
5. Its object is, and its result must be, to dissolve wrath by the study of antagonisms.
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Meanings and Examples of ANTAGONISM
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antagonism
n. active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
Classic Sentence:
1 She did not want strife, she blamed him for wanting to quarrel, but unconsciously put herself into an attitude of antagonism.
2 Kitty had been thrown into confusion by the inward conflict between her antagonism to this bad woman and her desire to be nice to her.
3 The old irritation and antagonism which he roused in her was hot in her heart and she yearned to speak tart words.
4 With the slow unalterable persistency which she had always felt in him, he was making his way through the dense mass of social antagonisms.
5 Its object is, and its result must be, to dissolve wrath by the study of antagonisms.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE
6 She had not much of anything to say to her father, for that matter; but he did not antagonize her.
7 All to be seen was shame for captivity and regret for the right to antagonize.
Example Sentence:
1 The new rules will create a lot of antagonism.
2 There's a history of antagonism between the two teams.
3 Barry showed his antagonism toward his new stepmother by ignoring her whenever she tried talking to him.
4 When we antagonize, taunt or inflame our opponents, we motivate them to defeat us.