Example Sentences

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Animosities on the Korean Peninsula remain high in the wake of North Korea’s barrage of missile tests since 2022.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

"Animosities have come to an end, and we would like to live peacefully. We don't want any internal enemies and any external enemies."

From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2021

Hearing, Madam, your Ladyship had almost engag'd your self, I was resolv'd to lay aside all Animosities, and let you know, I have taken to Wife the most incomparable Lady Toss-up.

From The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Baker, Thomas, fl. 1700-1709

It was this which prompted that rather grandiose but still admirable palinode of Christopher North, in August 1834,—"the Animosities are mortal: but the Humanities live for ever,"—an apology which naturally enough pleased Hunt very much.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George

His most famous sentence "The Animosities are mortal, but the Humanities live for ever" is certainly noble.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George