antagonist

Example Sentences

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Leavitt also leaned into her favorite antagonist — the press.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

As in normal years, worshippers booed and waved noisemakers each time the story's antagonist, Haman, was announced, before drinking and dancing to pop music despite the unusual setting.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

He’s spent the last few months acting as his primary antagonist, using his same language and temperament to make fun of him, all while promising Californians something better.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

In “The Mask,” also released in 1994, he played mobster Dorian Tyrell, antagonist to Jim Carrey’s Stanley Ipkiss, a.k.a. the Mask.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

One of the leading researchers in the field, who helped write the 2009 Amherst paper, is Daniel Anderson, a professor at UMass Amherst, and he’s anything but a purebred television antagonist.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel