Explore Kryptonite through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Kryptonite in a sentence
Kryptonite meaning
- The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable.
- Crack cocaine.
Using Kryptonite
- The main meaning on this page is: The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable. | Crack cocaine.
- In the example corpus, kryptonite often appears in combinations such as: of kryptonite, the kryptonite, kryptonite and.
Context around Kryptonite
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 15 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kryptonite
- In this selection, "kryptonite" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, create, collapsible, dual, vision, gas and tipped stand out and add context to how "kryptonite" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a collapsible kryptonite sword axe and and a kryptonite tipped spear. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kryptonite" sits close to words such as achievers, acton and aether, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kryptonite
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Qantas was kryptonite at that time. (6 words)
Those things are Kryptonite to a Bolshevik. (7 words)
Education accountability is like kryptonite to Nevada Democrats. (8 words)
She was later killed by some muggers following her attempt to expose Clark as Superman by exposing him to Luthor’s Kryptonite ring, which she’d stolen, and it ended up in a variety of hands after her death, with Batman ultimately finding it. (44 words)
John Clark is an online-homeschool course developer for Seton Home Study School, a speechwriter, and the author of two books, How to Be a Superman Dad in a Kryptonite World, Even When You Can’t Afford A Decent Cape. (40 words)
Even at the moment, the goings-on in National City are still influencing Batwoman in an unexpected way, with this week's cliffhanger ending revealing that Kryptonite is the only thing that can puncture the Bat-suit. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Kryptonite is stolen from Luthor by Batman ( Ben Affleck ), who uses it to create kryptonite gas pellets and a kryptonite-tipped spear, both of which he later uses in a battle with Superman.
His suit is armed with a collapsible Kryptonite sword, axe, staff-cannon and even dual Kryptonite energy cannons built into the palms of the suit.
Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane 22 (January 1961) *Kryptonite vision – After opening a strange box from outer space, Lois gets Kryptonite vision.
Batman and Superman's climactic battle in the film takes place on a dreary night in Gotham, Superman being poisoned with Kryptonite for the first time while overlooking the city's gritty industrial landscape.
Being trapped with a chunk of Kryptonite for 30 years damaged her brain, making her prone to wild mood swings.
Education accountability is like kryptonite to Nevada Democrats.
However, when the lid on the spherical device opened to reveal the kryptonite, the ship awoke.
John Clark is an online-homeschool course developer for Seton Home Study School, a speechwriter, and the author of two books, How to Be a Superman Dad in a Kryptonite World, Even When You Can’t Afford A Decent Cape.
Orleans Arena in Las Vegas has been a sort of kryptonite for Utah Valley in tournament semifinals.
The real kryptonite of this Virginia team is their defense.
Unless Two-Face gets a bunch of Lex Luthor's Kryptonite weapons, he should never battle Supergirl.
For Flash, Lex Luthor builds you a Speed Force thingamajig; for Superman, you hoard up on Kryptonite; and for Green Lantern, you get yourself a Yellow Lantern Battery that weakens his will.
It will take longer for certain familiar aspects to join them in the public domain, such as The Joker, the Fortress Of Solitude, Kryptonite or Robin.
Let's just hope Johnny Boy's new bling doesn't turn out to be his 'kryptonite', and by that, I mean an overpriced paperweight that can't even stop some extra animated corpses.
Qantas was kryptonite at that time.
She was later killed by some muggers following her attempt to expose Clark as Superman by exposing him to Luthor’s Kryptonite ring, which she’d stolen, and it ended up in a variety of hands after her death, with Batman ultimately finding it.
Those things are Kryptonite to a Bolshevik.
At the time of writing, it is unclear how Kryptonite factors into Lucius' instructions to kill Batman.
But heroes have their kryptonite, and in the cases of Fauci and Birx, that comes in the form of serving at the pleasure of the president—a president who does not tolerate contradiction well.
Even at the moment, the goings-on in National City are still influencing Batwoman in an unexpected way, with this week's cliffhanger ending revealing that Kryptonite is the only thing that can puncture the Bat-suit.
Common combinations with kryptonite
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of kryptonite 7×
- the kryptonite 7×
- kryptonite and 7×
- red kryptonite 5×
- with kryptonite 4×
- kryptonite to 4×
- kryptonite is 3×
- kryptonite for 3×
- kryptonite of 3×
- kryptonite ring 3×