Enemy
in sentence
1247 examples of Enemy in a sentence
These gun-toting extremists, whose idea of patriotism is to regard the federal government as the enemy, are different from 1930s Brownshirts only in name.
Every Indian and Pakistani government embraces the Kashmiri cause, both as a useful device to divert attention from their failures and because they fear what their publics might do if they were seen as surrendering to the traditional
enemy
on so vital an issue.
He recently survived two assassination attempts, and Islamists accuse him of entering into a "bargain" with the infidel enemy, India.
Meanwhile, having lost the entire Pacific, Japan’s Imperial Cabinet believed that no
enemy
could set foot upon the country’s sacred soil.
There was no need for a costly ground invasion; the
enemy
could be bombed into submission from the air.
Sheer bloodlust – the pleasure of inflicting pain on a hated
enemy
– may have something to do with it.
A more plausible explanation is that strategic bombing is indeed about morale, but not that of the
enemy.
He needed to build British morale with a demonstration of force against an
enemy
that had just spent several years bombing the United Kingdom.
The other advantage of bombing campaigns, avidly promoted during World War II by men who were haunted by memories of the endless bloodshed of World War I, was that attacking the
enemy
did not require losing many of your own troops.
Israel, the once implacable
enemy
of the Arab cause, now seems to be slotted into this defensive structure.
In an Arab-dominated Middle East, non-Arab Iran is the natural enemy; but in a Muslim Middle East, the Islamic republic of Iran is a potential hegemon.
The economic and military achievements of Israel, once the Arab world’s ultimate
enemy
and infidel, were long viewed as a measure of Arab failure – a source of endemic hatred alloyed with grudging admiration.
To maintain credibility in bargaining with the enemy, a president must maintain a relentless public optimism, which serves to misinform the public.
The region’s people are sliding into
enemy
camps, deepening their societies’ wounds in the process.
The lack of a defined
enemy
makes reporting on and understanding the conflict difficult for journalists, diplomats, and government officials.
As George Orwell once put it: “If you want to make an
enemy
of a man, tell him that his ills are incurable.”
And it is well known that in the Middle East, the
enemy
of your
enemy
is not necessarily your friend – not even if that
enemy
is the Islamic State (or general chaos).
Don't you think that, to some extent, though not in a very evident way, Europe is an
enemy
of an open society?
One instructor joked that although the Geneva conventions barred firing a 50-caliber machine gun at an
enemy
soldier - an act defined as "excessive force" - we could aim at his helmet or backpack, since these were "equipment."
A large chunk of the Republican base, including many of the party’s largest donors, believes that any Democratic president is an illegitimate
enemy
of America, so that whatever such an incumbent proposes must be wrong and thus should be thwarted.
Social elites, liberal intellectuals, and critical journalists are the
enemy
of those who crave power but feel looked down upon by people who appear to be more sophisticated.
Like Father, Like SonLONDON – “The
enemy
of yesterday is the friend of today....[I]t was a real war, but those brothers are free men now.”
With the common
enemy
– the secularist old guard – defeated, there was little to hold the alliance together.
The World Bank has instead wrongly seen such vital public investments as an
enemy
of private-sector development.
It is almost as if remuneration committees have taken a leaf from Sun Tzu's The Art of War: “The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.”
It was about standing up to the Zionist enemy, the high-tech crusader whose military superiority can be defeated only by stubborn resistance.
Admittedly, Hamas is no easy enemy, but neither is it immune to rational political calculations.True, its leader, Khaled Mashaal only recently declared in Tehran that “our aim is liberating all of Palestine from the River to the Sea.”More than once, however, he has also made conciliatory declarations.
Japan, the old wartime enemy, has been outmaneuvered repeatedly, and a soft touch made South Koreans and Southeast Asians feel relatively comfortable with China’s increasing power.
To answer that question, it is first worth noting that China is not an
enemy
of the US, and the new Sino-American cold war is not rooted in a military standoff, much less ideological conflict.
Journalists are the government’s communication arm or the
enemy
that must be co-opted or controlled (repressed).
Back
Next
Related words
Which
Their
Would
Against
There
Other
Could
People
Where
Should
Common
About
Being
After
Himself
Might
Friend
First
Without
While
