Now it is not a wise thing to antagonise a body of East Indian servants in matters which they consider sacred; and Police Commissioner Hichens was a lawyer and a judge and a wise man.
"Son of Power"
Will Levington Comfort and Zamin Ki Dost
I knew that he loved me; yet I knew, too, that by a union with me under the circumstances he would antagonise those who were now his best and most influential friends, and that his entire career would be ruined.
"An Ambitious Man"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The friction of the interests and wills encompassing him evolved an atmosphere which he had no strength to antagonise.
"A Singer from the Sea"
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr