How to Use adversary in a Sentence

adversary

noun
  • His political adversaries tried to prevent him from winning the nomination.
  • The bad news is that our adversaries can see them too.
    — ABC News, 6 May 2026
  • Our adversaries will fill the void.
    — Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Doubt is as much of an adversary on a long trip as tired muscles are.
    — Sara Dykman, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Which adversary would want that?
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 11 May 2026
  • Giles should have known better than to trust his old adversary.
    — ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026
  • The ‘both/and’ of all things is my own life’s boss-level adversary.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023
  • That may have been in part to keep any adversaries (or lone wolves) guessing.
    — Neil Flanagan, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
  • Putin is our adversary who can't be trusted.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • The warning to adversaries still came through.
    — Will Ripley, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Trump has shown a willingness to lash out in court against his adversaries.
    — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Deer Park spent the first quarter with the wind as an big-time adversary.
    — Robert Avery, Chron, 24 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • New mayors like to pick their own deputies, and no one wants an adversary for a partner.
    — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • His mind is one of his greatest strengths — and sometimes his adversary.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
  • At least 60 brave women stood up and fought these adversaries.
    — Gabriella Paiella, The Cut, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The machine stalled at the hands of a worthy adversary.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 31 May 2026
  • An adversary doesn’t need to hack into a weapons program.
    — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • Your people are not your adversaries.
    — Dan Adika, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Playing some clever game of head-fakery with his adversaries?
    — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Often, their adversaries come out on the losing end.
    — Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2026
  • That fight shouldn’t stop now, just as one of its greatest adversaries has been removed from the scene.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Comisar is not the first Braun adversary to appear in one of the smear sites.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Iranian trolling of its adversaries is not new.
    — Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In season one, these women meet as adversaries.
    — Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • He's got our priorities in terms of our friends and our adversaries all wrong.
    — ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Fellow bar-goers can turn to adversaries, each one trying to get their songs played first.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The Atlantic, 8 May 2018

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