| Honey bees rarely swarm away from the hive and only sting if they are antagonised. |
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| She antagonised her civil servants, infuriated her leaders, insulted colleagues. |
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| By ignoring tradition, Hosni Mubarak also antagonised the Army, which since the overthrow of Farouk was used to holding the reins of power. |
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| The existence of any deal was strongly denied, and Newcastle has to some extent made peace with those outlets it antagonised. |
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| An Indian peacekeeping force in the 1980s antagonised both sides and pulled out after losing 1,000 men. |
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| Then, they were antagonised and decided to support my cause, although not for my reasons. |
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| The 36-year-old admitted he antagonised the bull by hitting it on the head with a newspaper before it separated from the herd and attacked him. |
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| And in so doing they have antagonised their country's friends without notably hurting its enemies. Last year's folly was the Helms-Burton law against investment in Cuba. |
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| In the conscious dog with a Heidenhain pouch, ranitidine given orally or intravenously antagonised gastric acid secretion induced by histamine, pentagastrin and bethanechol. |
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| A motorist accused of mowing down a boy who allegedly antagonised him by throwing rubbish in his car, has denied murdering the youngster. |
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| After George W. Bush's arrival he became president of Harvard University in 2001, and hit the headlines in February 2005 when he antagonised the academic community in a debate within the National Bureau of Economic Research. |
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| And he antagonised the music industry by allying Bertelsmann with Napster, a company that enabled music-lovers to download music for free from the Internet. |
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| Maguire was persuaded to travel to London after a visit by one of Mason's team, but he was also antagonised and abstained, bringing Callaghan down. |
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| When Richard made him chancellor in 1383, and created him Earl of Suffolk two years later, this antagonised the more established nobility. |
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| Mithridates antagonised Rome by seeking to expand his kingdom, and Rome for her part seemed equally eager for war and the spoils and prestige that it might bring. |
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| Steve McClaren shares this trait, though his ultimate boss Mike Ashley has been a disappointment who has antagonised fans with penny-pinching and a lack of ambition. |
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