Acrimony in example sentence

Too often she betrayed this, by the undue vent she gave to a spiteful antipathy she had conceived against little Adele: pushing her away with some contumelious epithet if she happened to approach her; sometimes ordering her from the room, and always treating her with coldness and acrimony.

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And what can we gain by the right to marry if we are not able to cross the acrimony and emotional distance that so often separates us from our love?

The older men are opinionated, right-wing Thatcherites whose behavior brings back all the acrimony of the Reagan/Thatcher years.

Just as a married couple’s divorce often leads to bitterness and pitched battles that benefit only lawyers, the UK’s divorce from the EU will almost certainly descend into acrimony.

This inter-state rivalry – at times bordering on acrimony – is what makes the politics of European integration difficult.

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