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How to use nemesis in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun

Nemesis means an enemy, especially an archenemy. Example: “Batman is in constant conflict with his nemesis, The Joker.”

Examples of nemesis by meaning

nounAn enemy, especially an archenemy.

  • Batman is in constant conflict with his nemesis, The Joker.
  • The roofer stayed in touch, committed to the downfall of his nemesis, Mikey.2001 June 1, Mark Hunter, The Powder, Their Paper and Pools of Blood, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 186
  • Jack took many hits to his body from his nemesis, but to his surprise he barely felt it.2020 January 30, Prince Edderson Charlton Jr, The 8 Wundas of the World: Volume One, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN, page 4

More sentences with nemesis

  • Crossing the river got him beyond his old nemesis' sheriffdom and into the territory of a more liberal authority.From the entry sheriffdom
  • And I was always up for a battle with our nemesis.2024, Ali Terese, “When The Best Ideas Come From the Worst People”, in Free Period, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Press, →ISBN. From the entry chillfest
  • It's our fictive nemesis, our imaginary bad guys.2011, Josh Linkner, “Gaining the Keys to a Creative Mind and Culture”, in Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough…. From the entry eat someone's lunch
  • Punishment conceived as the logical nemesis of the criminal's principle is embedded in a goodless normative framework; that is its home.2009, Alan Brudner, Punishment and Freedom. From the entry goodless
  • Ausubel believed roteness, and the institutionalized doctrines and methods that foster it, to be the greatest nemesis to learning.2007, Allan M. Konrad, On Inquiry: Human Concept Formation and Construction of Meaning through Library and Information Science…. From the entry roteness
  • That old thing the nemesis of an inspired aspiration!1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 211. From the entry bag of bones
  • They served pita, my old nemesis.2017, Juli Berwald, “In Medusa’s Blood”, in Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry pita
  • Nicole caught her breath at the muffled, woesome sighs: Douanier-Lieutenant Peder LaMotte, Acting Capitaine of Concarneau, her love and her father's nemesis, was weeping.2011, Jan Tucker Mulligan, Smuggler's Legacy. From the entry woesome
  • It must be the connivings of your arch nemesis, BETTY CROCKER, and the rich, buttery aroma of her plot stinks to high heaven.2009 April 18, Andrew Hussie, Homestuck, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2021. From the entry connivings
  • Bana’s character and his nemesis, L.2007 April 29, John Anderson, “Love and Loneliness on the Las Vegas Strip”, in New York Times. From the entry cardplaying
  • That contributed directly to the nemesis of Emperor Joseph II, who – whatever his own conceptions – was regarded as a ‘Germaniser’, not an ‘Austrianiser’.1994, R. J. W. Evans, “Austrian Identity in Hungarian Perspective: The Nineteenth Century”, in Ritchie Robertson, Edward Timms, editors…. From the entry Germanizer
  • By the way, joining Ronan in the move from "10 worst" to the clout list is his on-and-off nemesis, House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago).1991 July 7, Thomas Hardy, “To make clout list, it's not what you know, but who you know”, in Chicago Tribune, page 4. From the entry clout list
  • This is all good news because who doesn't want their high school nemesis vidchatting in the middle of the workday to ask for money for your five-year reunion?2015 April 28, Tess Koman, “You Can Video Chat People From Facebook Messenger Now”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 12 Apr…. From the entry vidchat
  • Labour is hoping that the lovefest for their onetime nemesis will leave no lasting damage, that the issue will fade come polling day on 2 May.2013 April 12, Jonathan Freedland, “This lovefest for Margaret Thatcher spells trouble for David Cameron”, in The Guardian. From the entry lovefest

Meaning of nemesis

  1. noun An enemy, especially an archenemy.
  2. noun A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character, as an agent of that character's fate or destiny, especially within a narrative.
  3. noun The personification of the "fatal flaw" of a dramatic hero in the style of Greek tragedy.

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Questions about nemesis in a sentence

How do you use nemesis in a sentence?
Nemesis is used as a noun. For example: “Batman is in constant conflict with his nemesis, The Joker.”
What is a short sentence with nemesis?
“Bana’s character and his nemesis, L.”
What does nemesis mean?
Nemesis means an enemy, especially an archenemy.

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