But that was better than open hostility, so he went on.

She was the first person he'd met ever to claim open hostility to his free verse.

The open hostility between those two was not the whole story.

She is met with the open hostility of her husband and children.

North turned and peered down, this time with open hostility.

Virginia turned away from the window and found the other woman staring at her with open hostility.

She and the general glared at each other with open hostility.

What possible excuse could they use for such open hostility against me?

And to put himself in open hostility was madness, too.

He thought about what he'd have to do, if this came down to open hostilities between himself and Octavius.

"Sergeant, what plan do you have if the ship opens hostilities?"

And, once they opened hostilities, the Mets didn't keep the crowd waiting long.

From there, it moved to open hostility, hot words, and bitter recriminations.

We can't open hostilities there with less than a full compliment, master.

Initially, the Pope seemed ambivalent, but his attitude soon turned to open hostility.

The project became his obsession as he Confronted reactions ranging from silence to open hostility.

Her health care proposals gave rise not to a simple disagreement, but to open hostility and rancor.

In the past, government policy towards syllabics has varied from indifference to open hostility.

The bitterness led to open hostilities between them.