Phrases with «overt hostility»

The phrase "overt hostility" means when someone openly expresses anger, aggression, or negativity towards others. Full definition

Sentences with «overt hostility»

  • Urban Catholics express more puzzlement than overt hostility regarding what their church leaders call the invasion of the «sects.» (religion-online.org)
  • As Ashbrook points out, covert, if not overt hostility will build up under such an approach: (religion-online.org)
  • I was helped in this by a couple of phone calls; one from a very eloquent certified nurse midwife at OHSU, the Oregon Health and Sciences University, who had tried to transfer a patient to one of our hospitals during labor and received so much flak and criticism and expletives over the phone and there was so much overt hostility that she wound up not pursuing that transfer, which would have been a very important transfer. (homebirthsummit.org)
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