How to Use enemy in a Sentence

enemy

noun

• He made a lot of enemies during the course of his career.
• Tradition is the enemy of progress.
• Go ahead and find dirt on my enemies or else.
  — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2025
• But good is the enemy of great.
  — Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
• Read what their enemies had to say.
  — Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
• Well, pick up that limb and use it as a weapon to hit enemies.
  — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
• That's great news for us, and very bad news for our enemies.
  — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
• On the ice, they’re sworn enemies.
  — Hannah Ryan, CNN Money, 14 Feb. 2026
• Lee doesn’t just have enemies, though.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
• Tag a friend, tag an enemy, even tag a Reaver.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
• People think that film is in some ways the enemy of the word.
  — New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022
• Her body is the enemy and the only thing that might free her.
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026
• The future came to be seen as the enemy of both past and present.
  — Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
• This team was its own worst enemy in the second round.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
• Moisture is the enemy of a good dry rub!
  — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
• Biden’s mouth also turned out to be his worst enemy at the time.
  — David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 July 2024
• But for many artists, the queen was more cipher than an enemy.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022
• The other enemies are made of wood, rock or glass.
  — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026
• Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
  — Jean M. Twenge, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
• In short, don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
  — Tomas Gorny, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
• But the truth is, the win became the enemy.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
• They are trained to fight and destroy an enemy.
  — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
• Or douse it straight into the soups of thine enemies.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Feb. 2026
• Kate has sort of taken on an enemy.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
• There are new allies, and there are new enemies.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
• Even the idea that there's no true name for the movie's enemy somehow works.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 4 June 2022
• And even the dollar coins, that just makes enemies.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
• Fat is the number one enemy of meringue.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026
• And when her enemies slept, her forces crept into their camps and slit their throats.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
• This is bringing your enemy to their knees.
  — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026