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
  • The Chiefs are a nemesis for them in the best of times, having won the last three meetings.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The Dodgers’ biggest nemesis with a bat in his hands is Aaron Judge.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
  • In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
  • One-goal games have become the nemesis of the Stars’ season.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Their date with recent nemesis Wyoming is on the road Oct. 22.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • Hedare kills her husband and frames her new nemesis, calling in a death-by-cop in the process.
    — Muna Mire, Vulture, 26 May 2021
  • But in this case, Putin has conjured up his own nemesis.
    — Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2023
  • Darwin's nemesis was the eminent physicist Lord Kelvin and the weapon used against him was the age of the Earth.
    — Mano Singham, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Now Ahab inhales deeply, scenting in the salt air the presence of his nemesis.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • They are said to have poured freely from the flowing bowl to see their nemesis defeated at the polls.
    — Eric Felten, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • Members of the Voxer group started to drive for their nemesis, Uber.
    — Lauren Smiley, Wired, 22 June 2021
  • And their nemesis, Dworsky, has been following it for decades.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
  • There’s been no bigger nemesis for Cousins and the Vikings than the Seahawks (1-1), who’ve beaten them in Seattle in each of the past three years.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 26 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • The two are step-sisters-to-be and end up seeking out Brooke's ex-best friend and nemesis Mamie-Claire when one of Brooke's many business plans goes awry.
    — George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • One of the four teams will likely fill the first wild-card spot, which means winning the Atlantic won’t be enough to avoid a first-round matchup with a recent playoff nemesis.
    — Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024

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