All 20 Uses of
nemesis
in
Flora & Ulysses
- Every superhero had an arch-nemesis.
p. 68.7 *nemesis = an enemy
- Incandesto was forever being attacked by his arch-nemesis, the Darkness of 10,000 Hands.†
p. 68.6
- What if Ulysses's arch-nemesis was William Spiver?†
p. 68.7
- Everything was coming into sharp and terrifying focus; the story was starting to make sense: Ulysses was a superhero (probably), and Phyllis Buckman was his arch-nemesis (definitely).†
p. 75.9
- She was standing at the door, smiling and waving good-bye to them as if she weren't truly a murder-planning arch-nemesis.†
p. 78.9
- "Do you know what an arch-nemesis is?" she whispered.†
p. 81.9
- They would figure out a way to outwit the arch-nemesis!†
p. 84.6
- "Beware the arch-nemesis," said Flora.†
p. 85.3
- But he had been enlisted in the service of villainy—basically, he was in cahoots with an arch-nemesis.†
p. 88.7
- She knew how to outwit an arch-nemesis.†
p. 95.8
- THE ARCH-NEMESIS MUST BE FACED!†
p. 134.6
- And the arch-nemesis, thought Flora, the arch-nemesis will be forever among us, too.†
p. 139.6
- And the arch-nemesis, thought Flora, the arch-nemesis will be forever among us, too.†
p. 139.6
- Ulysses's arch-nemesis is in that house right now "Do you remember the Darkness of 10,000 Hands?"†
p. 139.6
- "He's Incandesto's arch-nemesis," said Flora.†
p. 139.8
- We have to face the arch-nemesis.†
p. 140.5
- What would he be doing in the kitchen with a known arch-nemesis?†
p. 141.8
- But William Spiver was sitting beside Ulysses's arch-nemesis.†
p. 145.6
- And you"— she wheeled and pointed at her mother—"are an arch-nemesis, a true villain."†
p. 150.4
- IT WAS TIME FOR ULYSSES TO RESCUE HIS ARCH-NEMESIS!†
p. 223.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(nemesis as in: she is my nemesis) an opponent or challenge that has long been hard to defeat
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(2)
(Nemesis as in: the goddess) Greek mythology: the goddess of divine vengeance and punishment -- especially against those with excessive pride