How to Use acrimony in a Sentence

acrimony

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  • The dispute began again with increased acrimony.
  • This turned out to be too hopeful by far; the abuse, acrimony, and polarization online quickly took the sheen off those ideas.
    — Navneet Alang, New Republic, 2 June 2017
  • Some have questioned why the trials were not moved to another setting, away from the acrimony in Holton.
    — Max Londberg, kansascity, 28 June 2017
  • The acrimony prompted the paper to back away from the idea before it was ever implemented.
    — Paul Farhi, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2017
  • While there's been discourse over the statue, the rhetoric thus far hasn't reached the level of acrimony seen in New Orleans.
    — Jr Ball, NOLA.com, 2 June 2017
  • In the course of a normal day, city kids witness homelessness, hunger, illness, and all manner of acrimony — between strangers, among families and couples.
    — Nicole C. Kear, The Cut, 22 May 2017
  • Ride split in 1997 amid personal acrimony and declining sales.
    — Annie Zaleski, Chicago Reader, 12 July 2017
  • How to divvy up the costs has been a source of acrimony in the past.
    — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 5 July 2022
  • And for fans, the worst part might be that acrimony is here to stay.
    — Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2017
  • Many voters were tired of the chaos and acrimony of the Trump years.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Boebert seems to relish the fighting and the acrimony as the ends rather than the means.
    — Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The restraint shown by OPEC+ is in stark contrast to the acrimony of a year ago.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Measures to curb the virus have also been the cause of acrimony.
    — New York Times, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Is there a nicer way to get my point across without the acrimony?
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The bill is a case study in the acrimony that pervades the nation’s divides.
    — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2021
  • But if all this combines to make the game better, the acrimony will have been worth it.
    — New York Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • And still the bedraggled franchise remains the butt of jokes and source of acrimony.
    — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2017
  • The Farm Bill now moves to the House floor, where the acrimony is likely to continue.
    — Caitlin Dewey, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Despite the signing of the agreement on the name dispute, there was acrimony about the deal on both sides of the border.
    — Niki Kitsantonis, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2018
  • As the lockout dragged into a fourth month, the acrimony between the sides threatened to damage the long-term health of the sport.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The decision — on a 5-2 vote — came amid acrimony that has come to mark the court in recent years.
    — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2017
  • As the campaign hurled toward the finish line, the acrimony on both sides boiled over.
    — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2020
  • But since Trump’s election, the acrimony between the two men has grown.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Perhaps that's why Still Star-Crossed goes out of its way not to deal with racial acrimony.
    — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 1 June 2017
  • The acrimony is shared among some of top foreign allies of the United States.
    — Kevin Liptak, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021
  • If there was acrimony between the team and Ayton, it was buried last fall.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2022
  • There has always been huge acrimony in the making of this film.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 June 2017
  • The acrimony reached a fever pitch after Khan’s arrest in May.
    — Mehdi Hasan, NBC News, 26 July 2023
  • The coalition ended in acrimony, with the FDP failing to breach the five-percent threshold for entry into the Bundestag.
    — Paul Hockenos, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2017
  • What’s unusual, however, is the way that Izzo and Michigan State have gotten to this point – piecing together big-money contracts for nearly three decades with little public acrimony, even as Izzo’s stature has grown.
    — John Riley, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024

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