How to Use mortal enemy in a Sentence

mortal enemy

noun
  • Of course this has to do with Marysol’s mortal enemy.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe death at the hands of your mortal enemy doesn’t need to be quick and painless.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • For the one whose mortal enemy is humidity.
    Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 15 Nov. 2025
  • And many in the Make America Healthy Again movement led by Kennedy consider glyphosate to be a mortal enemy.
    Alex Hogan, STAT, 26 Feb. 2026
  • This all starts when Adriana shows up at her mortal enemy, Marysol’s, house because Marysol is hosting a gifting suite that also doubles as a holiday party.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Yet for young Bangladeshis today, Jamaat represents the incorruptible while India is the mortal enemy.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
  • And as Berend insinuates himself ever deeper into his life, Andor identifies him as a mortal enemy, not knowing that there is much — much — more to this story than first meets his eye.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Al Qaeda and Islamic State generally view Shiites as infidels and consider Iran a mortal enemy.
    Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026

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