antagonist

Example Sentences

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The recurring challenge for today’s wrestling villains is that fans view wrestling more as a show than they did in the past and thus the best antagonists often find themselves cheered.

From Los Angeles Times

Some people have more power and culpability, but in an honest telling, your antagonist is partly your audience.

From New York Times

Just to reach her nearest acquaintance, Grace, she has to ride nine miles by horse against incessant winds that whip the flatland like a vicious antagonist.

From Washington Post

According to Allen, these antagonists are so effective that someone could take one and ingest as much cannabis as they want and they couldn't get high.

From Salon

Right-wing Israelis who want to entrench Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank also see the court as an antagonist.

From New York Times