How to Use adversary in a Sentence

adversary

noun

• 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
• 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
• There are three adversaries in the film, each better than the one before.
  — Michael Sangiacomo, cleveland.com, 13 Feb. 2018
• 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
• Trump has shown a willingness to lash out in court against his adversaries.
  — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
• To make matters worse, a new adversary is coming: the army.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 29 Aug. 2021
• But otherwise the film offers no real clues as to who the adversary might be.
  — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022
• 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
• New mayors like to pick their own deputies, and no one wants an adversary for a partner.
  — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
• 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
• The involvement of a foreign adversary has not been ruled out in those cases.
  — Nomaan Merchant, Chron, 20 Jan. 2022
• The story is a reminder that fire isn’t the only adversary in the backcountry.
  — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• The ‘both/and’ of all things is my own life’s boss-level adversary.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023
• The main threat is the ability to disable or destroy an adversary’s satellites from the ground.
  — Justin Bachman, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2019
• So should Trump change course and stop offering to meet with adversaries?
  — Alex Ward, Vox, 31 July 2018
• That Guam once again finds itself in the crosshairs of foreign adversaries is nothing new.
  — Doug Herman, Smithsonian, 15 Aug. 2017
• This is the first such deal ISIS has made with an adversary.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 18 July 2021
• This bird's spiritual adversary can be found on the dessert menu.
  — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 3 May 2018
• While axes like these have been thrown for ages, an ill placed strike may do little damage to an adversary.
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 22 Dec. 2020
• Security was so weak that it was assumed that nearly any adversary could break the code with enough time.
  — Greg Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2020
• Addiction is a slippery adversary that cannot be held to account.
  — Rosa Goldensohn, New York Times, 25 May 2018
• 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
• Fellow bar-goers can turn to adversaries, each one trying to get their songs played first.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The Atlantic, 8 May 2018
• That every person has their own way of looking at something that's just as valid as their adversary.
  — Rachel Epstein, Men's Health, 29 Dec. 2022
• Apparently, Schoppe didn’t have one of his main adversaries on the track with him.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024