The customers are initially hostile towards him but he seems not to notice.

He is initially hostile to her dating someone new, but begins to bond with Burt over sports at a group dinner.

Marc and Betty, although initially hostile, came to love one another as friends.

The Hes said she was initially hostile to them.

Billy wins over the initially hostile members of the Twins by appealing to the child in them.

The local fans were initially hostile to the move, but Gilchrist won them over.

Despite their initially hostile feelings, they are drawn together because of their similar circumstances.

Although the magazine's founders had high ambitions, they were not initially hostile to the government.

The orchestra was initially hostile to Chung, whom they considered an "amateur".