How to Use antagonistic in a Sentence

antagonistic

adjective

• They found it impossible to deal with such antagonistic groups.
• Starro the Conqueror shows up in the trailer – in the comics, the antagonistic starfish was the first villain faced by the Justice League in the 1960s.
  — Jake Coyle, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2021
• Unlike the House, where the swearing in was overshadowed by the antagonistic fight over the speaker's chair, the mood was jovial in the Senate.
  — Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2023
• That can help ensure the relationship between the doula and the rest of the health care team isn’t antagonistic.
  — Elizabeth Preston, STAT, 8 Nov. 2019
• The country’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, is fiercely antagonistic to the United States and hasn’t left the country in 30 years.
  — Noah Bierman, latimes.com, 20 June 2019
• Henry, you and I talked last year about how the Gorn had become the central antagonistic aliens for Season 1.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
• In 1995, Gingrich became the speaker of the House and his antagonistic style became the new normal.
  — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 27 May 2021
• What came out in this improv was how antagonistic these two different worlds of bats and birds could be.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2021
• So those who are antagonistic to you might be very much all over social media.
  — Time, 18 Sep. 2022
• They may be compelled to take a more antagonistic stance.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022
• Ruff, in contrast, could fairly be called one of the most antagonistic cop-watchers, Hiller said.
  — Robert Klemko, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
• Russia’s fake news law is a severe step for a country whose government is already antagonistic to the ideals of a free press.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2022
• As relations between China and the United States grow more antagonistic, the rest of the world is watching with unease.
  — Huong Le Thu, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2023
• For UConn coach Dan Hurley, this is a great time to see how his team plays in an antagonistic environment down its key players.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 7 Dec. 2021
• Graphika also found that one of the most cohesive and least antagonistic fan groups was the Spanish-language Swifties.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
• For as much as the local press was antagonistic toward wrestling, one match caught their attention.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Dec. 2020
• For many people, fashion is a refuge from an antagonistic world.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
• One is much more antagonistic, and the other is more brotherly.
  — Theo Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2023
• The Denver Nuggets were undaunted, even when down 14 points in the third quarter and facing an antagonistic Portland crowd.
  — Anne M. Peterson, orlandosentinel.com, 4 June 2021
• Too seldom using that voice to stand up to the antagonistic patriarchal forces in her life and career.
  — Daniel Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2021
• Milholland likes to play with character faces and shapes, including the antagonistic witch the Sea Hag and the magical pet Eugene the Jeep.
  — Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 3 June 2022
• Barkov’s antagonistic relationship to Farah is one of the story’s main through-lines.
  — Nick Capozzoli, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2019
• Its anchors’ antagonistic questions at the White House made the rounds on liberal Twitter, and ratings were good.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2023
• But many of the recent targets have been younger politicians known for their antagonistic stands toward China.
  — Joyu Wang, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022
• Rowling has made her antagonistic position on trans issues clear through tweets, sound bites, actions, and even a 3,600-word blog post.
  — Aja Romano, Vox, 14 May 2024
• After several minute of antagonistic behavior, one of the men took him up on fisticuffs.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
• Musk, long a prolific and antagonistic tweeter, has not let up at all since taking over the company.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 28 Nov. 2022
• Oliva said the loss of income and antagonistic attitude from the store manager have taken a toll.
  — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• The simple way of looking at protecting the butterflies, and at a lot of conservation work, is to see humans and nature as antagonistic.
  — Outside Online, 2 Oct. 2024
• Sometimes people are a little bit antagonistic about that song.
  — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024