Sample Sentences for
nemesis
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(editor-reviewed)

nemesis as in:  she is my nemesis

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She finally defeated her nemesis in the finals her senior year.
nemesis = an opponent who has long been hard to defeat
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    Yes, I am afraid your old nemesis is here.  (source)
    nemesis = formidable and long-standing opponent
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    As he watched their nemesis twitch, he was almost ashamed for feeling no guilt.  (source)
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    Every superhero had an arch-nemesis.  (source)
    nemesis = an enemy
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    "That man will be our Nemesis," Baby Kochamma said.  (source)
    Nemesis = formidable and long-standing enemy
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    We tried to pretend the other didn't exist even though the existence of our nemeses kept us both occupied for hours.  (source)
    nemeses = formidable and long-standing enemies
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    Rostam mortally wounds his valiant nemesis, Sohrab, in battle, only to discover that Sohrab is his long-lost son.  (source)
    nemesis = enemy
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    He didn't care about anything except confronting his whiskered nemesis.  (source)
    nemesis = formidable and long-standing enemy
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    The black box was his nemesis.  (source)
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    In the next round of the playoffs we faced our nemesis, St. Augustine, again.  (source)
    nemesis = formidable and long-standing opponent
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    If you'll curtail your literary pursuits a moment I'll introduce you to my counterpart and Nemesis;  (source)
    Nemesis = formidable and long-standing enemy
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    "Don't you have anything better to do, Phillip?" he says as his light-footed nemesis, clearly on a roll, frowns like he's in pain.  (source)
    nemesis = formidable enemy
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    Intuition warned him that he was drawing close to some immense and inscrutable cosmic climax, and his broad, meaty, towering frame tingled from head to toe at the thought that Yossarian, whoever he would eventually turn out to be, was destined to serve as his nemesis.  (source)
    nemesis = formidable and long-standing enemy
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    Inside his tower of strength he was confident that he could handle even a nemesis as mighty as Errtu.  (source)
    nemesis = formidable enemy
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Nemesis as in:  the goddess

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He was starting to think Nemesis was right.  (source)
Nemesis = Greek mythology:  the goddess of divine vengeance and punishment -- especially against those with excessive pride
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    Deo was behaving like one of those arrogant ancient Greek heroes who, victorious in a battle, succumbs to hubris, claims he's mastered fate, doesn't fear Ata's retaliation, and for his stupid boast gets visited by Nemesis.  (source)
    Nemesis = Greek mythology:  the goddess of divine vengeance and punishment
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    For it is by means of our own victories, if we are not regenerated, that the work of Nemesis is wrought: doom breaks from the shell of our very virtue.  (source)
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    Or maybe even one of the minor gods, like Nemesis, the god of revenge.  (source)
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    I'm the child of Nemesis, Goddess of Revenge.  (source)
    Nemesis = Greek mythology:  the goddess of divine vengeance and punishment
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    He wondered if Nemesis was around here somewhere, watching to see what Leo would do.  (source)
    Nemesis = Greek mythology:  the goddess of divine vengeance and punishment -- especially against those with excessive pride
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    Hecate, Janus, and Nemesis, as well.  (source)
    Nemesis = Greek mythology:  the goddess of divine vengeance and punishment
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    ...he thought about the warning from Nemesis, the revenge goddess: You will not find a place among your brethren.  (source)
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    He remembered how the goddess Nemesis had appeared as his Aunt Rosa, the person Leo most resented and wanted revenge on.  (source)
    Nemesis = Greek mythology:  the goddess of divine vengeance and punishment -- especially against those with excessive pride
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    Not that I would here insinuate that he was heathenishly inclined to believe in or to worship the goddess Nemesis; for, in fact, I am convinced he never heard of her name.  (source)
    Nemesis = Greek mythology:  the goddess of divine vengeance and punishment
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    It was Nemesis who condemned the vain Narcissus to spend the rest of his days admiring his own reflection in the waters of a pool.†
    Nemesis = Greek mythology:  the goddess of divine vengeance and punishment -- especially against those with excessive pride
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