How to Use adversary in a Sentence

adversary

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  • His political adversaries tried to prevent him from winning the nomination.
  • He's a very smart criminal who pushes emotional buttons to get what he wants. He's quite a worthy adversary for Mac and the team.
    — TV Guide, 2-8 June 2008
  • Layers tell the story of the day, the race, the place and the adversaries in one shot.
    — Michael Clevenger, The Courier-Journal, 6 May 2018
  • This is the first such deal ISIS has made with an adversary.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 18 July 2021
  • Sue Ann could take on any adversary, even the girl who turned the world on with her smile.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Deer Park spent the first quarter with the wind as an big-time adversary.
    — Robert Avery, Chron, 24 Oct. 2020
  • The ‘both/and’ of all things is my own life’s boss-level adversary.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023
  • In a movie, this role is the evil adversary (e.g., Darth Vader in Star Wars).
    — Neha Sangwan, Fortune Well, 26 Sep. 2023
  • There are three adversaries in the film, each better than the one before.
    — Michael Sangiacomo, cleveland.com, 13 Feb. 2018
  • An adversary on the same network can then sniff the password.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Doubt is as much of an adversary on a long trip as tired muscles are.
    — Sara Dykman, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2021
  • No adversary would trade the destruction of China for the loss of four or five of its largest cities.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2022
  • To make matters worse, a new adversary is coming: the army.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 29 Aug. 2021
  • View from the street: Police stood by as adversaries fought.
    — Deroy Murdock, National Review, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Hillman tells the story of when China turned out the lights on an adversary.
    — Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2021
  • New mayors like to pick their own deputies, and no one wants an adversary for a partner.
    — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • John Cena wrestled his way in as a figure from Dom’s past and an adversary in the present.
    — NBC News, 22 June 2021
  • Trump has shown a willingness to lash out in court against his adversaries.
    — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • In 2021, a Binance adversary sued the company in the U.S. in a dispute over the delisting of the plaintiff’s token.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 10 Apr. 2023
  • At least 60 brave women stood up and fought these adversaries.
    — Gabriella Paiella, The Cut, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The story is a reminder that fire isn’t the only adversary in the backcountry.
    — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • That Guam once again finds itself in the crosshairs of foreign adversaries is nothing new.
    — Doug Herman, Smithsonian, 15 Aug. 2017
  • But otherwise the film offers no real clues as to who the adversary might be.
    — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022
  • Apparently, Schoppe didn’t have one of his main adversaries on the track with him.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
  • So should Trump change course and stop offering to meet with adversaries?
    — Alex Ward, Vox, 31 July 2018
  • The main threat is the ability to disable or destroy an adversary’s satellites from the ground.
    — Justin Bachman, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2019
  • The involvement of a foreign adversary has not been ruled out in those cases.
    — Nomaan Merchant, Chron, 20 Jan. 2022
  • In the Red Sea, a U.S. bid to secure shipping lanes faces a determined adversary.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The tennis star has broken boundaries, stood up to adversaries, and earned some major hardware in the process.
    — Emily Shippee, Teen Vogue, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Until, of course, the law is her adversary, after a night in which Tessa’s world collapses, and all of the codes she’s lived by come back to haunt her.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023

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