How to Use enemy in a Sentence

enemy

noun
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  • He made a lot of enemies during the course of his career.
  • Tradition is the enemy of progress.
  • The two fight off enemies who try and fail to prevent them from getting to the vault.
    — Vulture, 8 July 2023
  • But the greatest enemy of ECPR — of the brain, really — is the clock.
    — Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The crew burned the remains of the warship to make sure its guns did not fall into enemy hands.
    — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • That enemy may not be real, but the danger of those lies is.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • In Jack's mind, even the slightest change to his daily routine is the enemy.
    — Mike Wagner, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2023
  • But the difference is colossal, at times more than 10 times less than that of the enemy.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • And while Fury is trying to stop Gravik’s rebels in the show, Jackson emphasizes that the Skrulls are not the enemy.
    — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2023
  • The aircraft was hit by enemy fire and crashed into the water of Malakal Harbor.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 8 July 2023
  • The Marines will use the NSM to keep enemy navies at bay and expanding their zone of control around small islands.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2023
  • At the end of the war, Lore’s father, who had been interned as a German enemy alien early in the war, died of a stroke in England.
    — Vivian Gornick, The New York Review of Books, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Everybody's trying to save their own lives and fight against the enemy using all the effort, all the forces.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Movies and television have always been the best of enemies.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Here are some steps that worked for me: Inertia is your enemy.
    — Craig Idlebrook, STAT, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The prince defeats the enemies and discovers the secret of Galerius’ speedy takeover.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • This from someone who has railed nonstop against the media, calling them the enemy of the people.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Taylor was engaged by enemy fire at least 340 times and was forced down five times, according to the Army.
    — CBS News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • In 2021, the call from Europe was to set aside differences and unite against the common enemy, China.
    — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The problem, of course, is that any enemy forces with their own infrared sights can see the spotlight, too—and pinpoint the T-72B’s position.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • This means that the U.S. should take even more care not to give its enemies — or its allies — any reason to question its resolve.
    — The Editors, National Review, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The United States could also send new military aid to the Houthis’ enemies in Yemen, as some rival groups have called for.
    — Noam Raydan, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Cher believes in two things: There’s life after love and joy in burning your enemies to a glittery crisp.
    — Vulture, 15 Dec. 2023
  • No one—not a kingpin, cop, dealer, enemy or shrink—wanted wild on their hands.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
  • The plan: Put a minimal number of American boots on the ground, and have the troops pound the enemy with relentless artillery fire.
    — Dave Philipps Matthew Callahan, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
  • At the same time, Dread also wants to be an action game, one with lots of boss battles and surprise fights against quick-moving enemies.
    — Brandon Widder, The Verge, 14 June 2023
  • Puckett sprinted across the open area to draw fire so that Rangers could find and destroy enemy machine-gunners.
    — CBS News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Bear invites the others to join their gang, which their former enemies are more than excited to do.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
  • All of these connected heroes have to be up against a common enemy.
    — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • This can make you into your own worst enemy rather than building yourself up!
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2024

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