How to Use nemesis in a Sentence

nemesis

noun
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  • He will be playing his old nemesis for the championship.
  • Batman is the Joker's main nemesis and always foils his wicked plots.
  • This was the first time the two nemeses have faced off in 15 years.
    — Wayne Sterling, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Right out of the gates, the culinary nemeses were well-matched.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024
  • In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Those rows are full today as the case's key witness — and a Trump nemesis — is called to the stand.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 13 May 2024
  • The Ravens wanted to win and push their nemesis out of the playoff race, but that was secondary.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Or topline salaries: Chris Evans plays Gosling’s nemesis.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
  • Kane, a longtime Knights nemesis dating to his days with the San Jose Sharks, has been at the center of the bad blood.
    — Mark Anderson, ajc, 11 May 2023
  • Tea scale is a nemesis that likely arrived with the first camellias in the 1700s.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2021
  • But in this case, Putin has conjured up his own nemesis.
    — Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2023
  • Now Ahab inhales deeply, scenting in the salt air the presence of his nemesis.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Yayo and his team haven’t backed down from hating their nemesis along with the Murder Inc. clique.
    — Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 26 July 2024
  • Putin, for his part, for years refused to utter the name of his nemesis in public.
    — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • And if rust stains are your nemesis, rust removers will come to your rescue!
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2023
  • But her mask-wearing nemesis wouldn’t miss a chance to expand his kill zone.
    — Shannon Carlin, Time, 16 Dec. 2022
  • And their nemesis, Dworsky, has been following it for decades.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
  • LEGO Joker wrecks the world as a lovelorn statement to his jilted nemesis.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The two groups face off, and one by one, Team Flash helps defeat some of Barry’s biggest nemeses.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
  • But the Browns’ defense, which should be almost at full-strength by then, might be too much for the Browns’ nemesis to handle.
    — cleveland, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Leroy-Beaulieu, who has some of the best lines in the show, said she’s learned about herself while playing Sylvie Grateau, Emily’s nemesis.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Brink stayed out of foul trouble, her nemesis, for three-plus quarters.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
  • And then step down and help your nemesis step up and refute your argument.
    — Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The other is his nemesis, the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, who now wants to dominate the world.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 14 Apr. 2022
  • But a broken right foot, and the follow-up surgery, has been his real nemesis in recent years.
    — Hillard Grossman, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Her main nemesis was Groucho, who would stop at nothing to get a laugh at her expense.
    — Jeanine Basinger, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The horse-wrangling, left-handed nemesis was back on the mound at Dodger Stadium.
    — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
  • Though brief, the scene leaves no doubt that Keoghan is playing Batman’s greatest nemesis, The Joker.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 3 Mar. 2022
  • During the meeting, which took place while Hunter Biden still planned to fight the tax charges, saw his payoff for appearing on camera with his one-time nemesis.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Gru, Lucy and their girls welcome a new member to the family – Gru Jr. – who is intent on tormenting his dad, as a new nemesis shows up and forces the family to go on the run.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024

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