Examples of archenemy in a Sentence
The two politicians were archenemies.
The country went to war with its archenemy.
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Scholars have written that early leaders came from the Muslim Brotherhood, archenemy of Egypt’s current military leadership, but that ties ended around 1990 under government pressure.
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Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Dennis Quaid stars as a human pilot who’s stranded on a planet with a reptilian archenemy from a hostile planet played by Lou Gossett Jr.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
In a post on Threads, Gunn teased the return of both David Corenswet's Clark Kent and Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor, sharing artwork that shows Superman's archenemy wearing a warsuit.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Andy Samberg is claiming he was not involved in the recent death of his longtime archenemy, Frisbee.
—Emlyn Travis Updated, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Dennis Quaid stars as a human pilot who’s stranded on a planet with a reptilian archenemy from a hostile planet played by Lou Gossett Jr.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
In a post on Threads, Gunn teased the return of both David Corenswet's Clark Kent and Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor, sharing artwork that shows Superman's archenemy wearing a warsuit.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Andy Samberg is claiming he was not involved in the recent death of his longtime archenemy, Frisbee.
—Emlyn Travis Updated, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Archenemy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archenemy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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archenemy
noun
arch·en·e·my
(ˈ)ärch-ˈen-ə-mē 
: a principal enemy
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