Explore Frenemy through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Frenemy in a sentence
Frenemy meaning
- Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend.
- A fair-weather friend who is also a rival.
Using Frenemy
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend. | A fair-weather friend who is also a rival.
- In the example corpus, frenemy often appears in combinations such as: his frenemy, and frenemy.
Context around Frenemy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Frenemy
- In this selection, "frenemy" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, former, best, biggest, kawaki, turned and cousin stand out and add context to how "frenemy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at his frenemy for example and at this frenemy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "frenemy" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with frenemy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Estrellita is, of course, the frenemy/cousin of Penelope, who Fumero played. (12 words)
In his photo exhibit “No Dark In Sight,” Davis takes a critical look at this frenemy. (16 words)
As for whether or not Katy's former frenemy-turned-friend will attend the wedding, well, that remains to be seen. (21 words)
In later issues, Shin morphed from being a frenemy to an important ally, but it's unclear how exactly Randall Park's Shin will be depicted in the movie outside of being a learned man. (35 words)
Hugh Jackman turned 51-years-old on Saturday, October 12. Instead of sending a card or an Edible Arrangement to celebrate his frenemy’s special day, Reynolds sent Jackman a “Happy Birthday” video. (33 words)
Merkel is currently locked in a showdown with her interior minister and frenemy Horst Seehofer, head of the Christian Social Union, which governs with Merkel’s Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats. (32 words)
Example sentences (14)
Melinda is on the verge of figuring out Sloan’s shocker and could use it to gain the upper hand on her frenemy.
A few years ago, Jackman used Mother’s Day as an occasion to take a funny shot at his frenemy, for example.
A new DLC for Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections brings in Boruto's best frenemy Kawaki's Karma Progression form.
As for whether or not Katy's former frenemy-turned-friend will attend the wedding, well, that remains to be seen.
Estrellita is, of course, the frenemy/cousin of Penelope, who Fumero played.
Hugh Jackman turned 51-years-old on Saturday, October 12. Instead of sending a card or an Edible Arrangement to celebrate his frenemy’s special day, Reynolds sent Jackman a “Happy Birthday” video.
Later, Mariah (Camryn Grimes) meets Amanda, and it is sure to be a shock since, before Hilary’s death, Mariah had gotten close to her former frenemy.
She soon makes a frenemy of top dancer Cristal (Gina Gershon) after bonding a bit over the fact that they both have tried dog food (seriously).
I asked him about Alex Rodriguez, his former teammate and frenemy, and a player famously, calamitously inept during his playing career at controlling his public image.
In his photo exhibit “No Dark In Sight,” Davis takes a critical look at this frenemy.
In later issues, Shin morphed from being a frenemy to an important ally, but it's unclear how exactly Randall Park's Shin will be depicted in the movie outside of being a learned man.
In this episode, Stephen Colbert guest stars as Broccoli Rob, a former classmate and member of the a capella group, who turns out to be Andy’s biggest frenemy.
Merkel is currently locked in a showdown with her interior minister and frenemy Horst Seehofer, head of the Christian Social Union, which governs with Merkel’s Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats.
Rod recalled telling his frenemy his plan and Elton responded by calling him a traitor and putting on Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance Marches so high they couldn’t talk over it.
Common combinations with frenemy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: