Rancour

"The time for partisan rancour is over," Obama transition team co-chair John Podesta says. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Church of England in 1992, produced "rancour" rather than "warmer ecumenical relations". ❋ Unknown (2011)

But it doesn't have to be like that, and I'm confident that a less macho, more intuitive generation of Labour politicians will be able to stand against each other without the kind of rancour we saw in the past. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lack of Lib Dem rancour calls to mind a previous 'rancour' ❋ Michael Crick (2010)

There's been much talk today about the lack of "rancour" as Liberal Democrats agonise amongst themselves over how to vote in Thursday's Commons decision on tuition fees. ❋ Michael Crick (2010)

Leader Nick Clegg said the party would move forward without "rancour" while Vince Cable said the coalition would be "stronger for the experience". ❋ Unknown (2010)

Obama, criticised at home for not meeting the Dalai Lama during the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's recent visit to Washington, has vowed to raise human rights issues with Beijing, but said he would do it without "rancour". ❋ Unknown (2009)

Would the anxieties which weigh upon her like mountains interpose between the Queen and the jealous rancour which is too petty for her great soul? " ❋ Georg Ebers (1867)

It's good to find Deborah Warner responding to the critics in such a cool, rational manner: a welcome contrast to the vituperative rancour one sometimes gets from anguished directors. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He turned to her and said very pleasantly, with no rancour in his voice, “I see ten groups a day. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So, I say, the rancour and warmth of the established when attacked is sincere. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Doing so with rancour and snideness is not the most effective way to do so. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But from the civilised drawing rooms of homes on the grand Haussmann boulevards of Paris to the butcher at the local market and the man at the newspaper kiosk, the reaction was much the same: joking, teasing, the occasional "oh, you British…", but none of the rancour that has characterised this latest diplomatic spat. ❋ Unknown (2011)

All of this was carried out without undue rancour. ❋ Roy Greenslade (2010)

The condition Mancini attached was simple as the conversation wandered towards City's previous foreign excursion and the now-infamous night against Bayern Munich when Tevez's refusal to take his manager's instructions and the subsequent rancour and acrimony turned a 2-0 defeat into something far more damaging and momentous. ❋ Unknown (2011)

You pick up a lot from your parents – rancour, anger, hatred. ❋ Unknown (2011)