How to Use rancor in a Sentence

rancor

noun
  • In the end, the debate created a degree of rancor among the committee members.
  • She answered her accusers calmly and without rancor.
  • Most of us do so without rancor or anger.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • And at the heart of the rancor between the sides was, well, money.
    — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • The room is rarely filled with people, and more rarely still with passion and rancor.
    — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 12 July 2018
  • Fear and loathing are apt descriptors for the site, where the rancor of the far-right thrives.
    — Bryan C. Parker, Chron, 1 Dec. 2020
  • This is not to say that everyone has let go of their rancor for typos.
    — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
  • Kim Yong Chol appeared to take the rancor in his stride, though.
    — Charlie Campbell / Beijing, Time, 28 May 2018
  • When Keiko shows up to retrieve her daughter, there is no rancor.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The teams have done their best to dismiss any suggestions of crosstown rancor.
    — David Wharton, latimes.com, 3 Sep. 2017
  • In Chicago, the rancor is so great that teachers are on the brink of striking.
    — Michael Kunzelman and Holly Ramer, Chron, 2 Feb. 2021
  • Judge declined the offer without rancor and the sides remain on good terms.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022
  • Their presence added some spice to the game, not the rancor when Yankees fans invade.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
  • Since then, the border has been mostly quiet, but the rancor remains.
    — Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Raphael is not for a time of bombast, or of rancor, unless the culture wants an antidote.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The rancor and division that has been the main feature of our politics over the past decades would fade.
    — Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Members of Congress would be wise to listen to the rancor unleashed at town halls.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The move back to Utah was met with rancor from some outdoor industry giants.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The national tone is one of division and rancor.
    — Kevin Fixler may 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 May 2026
  • Here the façade of bonhomie gets scraped away easily, leaving the rancor exposed like old brick.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2023
  • That hope can seem harder to come by these days, as the headlines bring their usual news about rancor and division.
    — Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2024
  • The two sides could have ended up at odds with all the recent rancor associated with the protests.
    — Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Sun Yang was back in the pool but with none of the rancor from the previous night when he was booed and shunned on the medals podium.
    — Beth Harris, baltimoresun.com, 24 July 2019
  • Speculation over the source of the letter’s leak is adding fuel to the council rancor.
    — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Amid all the rancor, the church’s pastor asked to take a short sabbatical and never returned.
    — Greg Jaffe and Patrick Marley, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The rancor of more than seven decades of Arab-Israeli conflict seemed to melt away in a matter of days.
    — Dan Balilty, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2020
  • How to rise above the rancor of the campaign and send signals of hope extending beyond the partisans who cheered him?
    — Kenneth L. Khachigian, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Despite all the rancor in Congress about health care, the basics of Obamacare haven't changed.
    — Brent Hunsberger, OregonLive.com, 29 Oct. 2017
  • The Thursday meeting of the independent group lacked any such rancor.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Among the reasons Boyko gave Dottore extra money was because of the rancor in the case.
    — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 19 Feb. 2020

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