Sentence examples for great adversary from inspiring English sources

Karla is George Smiley's alter ego in the KGB – his great adversary, the spymaster supreme.

"Not only is he a great adversary, but now I also have to fight against age," he said.

Tensions are inevitable between big economic and political competitors, and some in this country have been too eager to cast China as the next great adversary.

And I think it worked because there was a good villain, a villain who was a real threat, a great adversary for our two heroes.

Whether Rosol does is more problematic – but he should not be denied the accolades, even by a great adversary, for what was surely his finest night.

The most compelling portrait in this book is that of Custer's great adversary, Sitting Bull, who, Mr. Philbrick concludes, was not just a great warrior like Custer, but also "a leader, a prophet, and a politician".

Mr Ahmadinejad was in Saudi Arabia yesterday for talks with King Abdullah aimed at defusing Shia-Sunni tensions in Iraq and seeking consensus between the region's two great adversaries.

Coming away with something from a raid on your great adversaries is like nothing else.

For Wales, sniffing a fourth successive win over their great adversaries, searching for a third Twickenham heist in four visits, there was only dismay at the performance and disbelief at the errors.

Time, the prizefighter's greatest adversary, appeared to be running out for the former champion.

Jalaluddin Haqqani was in temporary alliance with the United States against its greater adversary, the Soviet Union, just as his network today is allied with a Pakistan that sees Afghanistan as a critical buffer against its greater adversary, India.