bitter enemy

Example Sentences

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While officially nonaligned, India drew close to the Soviet Union during the Cold War, while the U.S. backed Pakistan, India’s bitter enemy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Decades ago, the KMT fought the Chinese Communist Party, its bitter enemy in the Chinese civil war, before fleeing to Taiwan in defeat.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2024

In one of many reality-distorting shifts of Sudanese politics today, General Hamdan has allied with civilian politicians who once viewed him as a bitter enemy.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Besides Noor, they include Uzbek warlord Rashid Dostum, accused of war crimes, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former U.S.-declared terrorist, who is currently in Kabul and has been a bitter enemy of Noor’s Jamiat-e-Islami for decades.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2021

The choice of phrase caused much mirth when the will became public on the death of Halifax in 1715, not least to Newton’s bitter enemy Flamsteed.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin