Words similar to opponent

Example sentences for: opponent

How can you use “opponent” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Besides giving New Jersey voters a much-needed break from Whitman's attacks on her opponent and his "high-tax philosophy," it is also a well-calculated response to McGreevey's attacks on Whitman as clueless snob and insensitive patrician.
Mayor Giuliani responded, say the papers, by accusing Cuomo of playing politics with the homeless programs and, says the NYT , by noting political ties between Cuomo and Hizzonner's likely Senate race opponent, Hillary Clinton.
A man who can use that issue to obscure his more serious weaknesses, underscore his strengths, and besmirch his opponent can't be accused of showing too little rationality and discipline.
This denotes the temptation to defect (T), which is the best option against the reward for mutual cooperation (R) which is in turn better than mutual defection (P), with the worst payoff coming from the Sucker's payoff (S) for cooperating when the opponent defects.
In the run-up to the last presidential election, Clinton's campaign took in more than $200,000 in kiddie cash, outscoring his opponent almost 6-to-1 (Bob Dole, who raised similar amounts of hard money, raised some $35,000 from kids last year).