Example Sentences

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The trip, Lula’s third state visit to China, indicates a repairing of relations after a period of strain under Lula’s predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, who had antagonized Beijing.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023

By the time de Blasio endorsed Clinton, his former boss, after months of public vacillation, he had antagonized her campaign enough to dampen any enthusiasm for his help.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2019

By the late 1960s, Mr. Roselli had antagonized enough people to have committed a measure of professional suicide.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2011

In the process he demonstrated much of the brilliance that made him a legend with Chicago audiences a decade ago�but also flashes of the erratic temperament that had antagonized stiff-necked symphony board members.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alfred had antagonized Sells Brothers and others by engaging people who had been with them for years.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.