How do you use Opponents in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Opponents meaning
plural of opponent
Using Opponents
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of opponent
- In the example corpus, opponents often appears in combinations such as: their opponents, his opponents, opponents of.
Context around Opponents
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 15 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Opponents
- In this selection, "opponents" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tough, difficult, muscling, lightly, triple and throughout stand out and add context to how "opponents" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a question opponents responses are, and all opponents instead fold and political opponents. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "opponents" sits close to words such as apartment, universe and steve, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with opponents
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Vegetable fritters will give players' avatars a small advantage over their opponents as their opponents have their 'tracking' cut. (19 words)
Putting fitness issues to bed, the 31-year-old is out muscling opponents on bigger courts catching opponents by surprise. (20 words)
Teams were placed in divisions based on geographic rivalries to reduce travel costs as teams played division opponents more often than non-divisional opponents. (24 words)
At any time during a betting round, if one player bets, no opponents choose to call (match) the bet, and all opponents instead fold, the hand ends immediately, the bettor is awarded the pot, no cards are required to be shown, and the next hand begins. (46 words)
While I’m not saying that they can continue to improve and still win games against better teams, the fact that the winning percentage of their final 10 opponents is twice as much as the winning percentage of their first six opponents says a lot. (45 words)
In the classroom and in writing, it often takes the form of explicit disputation ; a topic drawn from the tradition is broached in the form of a question, opponents' responses are given, a counterproposal is argued and opponents' arguments rebutted. (40 words)
How is he going to run for president in his usual aggressive style, ruthlessly attacking his opponents, while he expects his opponents to rally to his defense? (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
And that result has only underlined McGinty's determination not to treat Friday's opponents lightly, even though Cumnock will go into the game as heavy favourites against opponents who play one level below the Townhead Park men.
But they face tough opponents in Spain, who were England’s most difficult opponents in last year’s Euros and it took an extra-time winner in the quarter-finals to beat them.
How is he going to run for president in his usual aggressive style, ruthlessly attacking his opponents, while he expects his opponents to rally to his defense?
Putting fitness issues to bed, the 31-year-old is out muscling opponents on bigger courts catching opponents by surprise.
The Legislature did not provide public notice of the hearing until just hours beforehand, providing insufficient time for disabled opponents in particular to attend and make their views known, opponents said.
Vegetable fritters will give players' avatars a small advantage over their opponents as their opponents have their 'tracking' cut.
Ricker Strong For Opponents; Triple Wins Added to Record – During the week from January 29 to February 4, the Raiders from Ricker Junior College rolled over three more opponents to run their string to fourteen wins in fifteen games.
Kirsch said Low Ki has knocked out 60 percent of his opponents over the last year, while Mo has knocked out 62 percent of his opponents throughout his MMA career.
Opponents say it’s money that could be found elsewhere in the township budget, which they insist is larded with waste — the same charge leveled in Lansing by opponents of raising taxes to pay for road repairs.
Reyes has shown the ability to finish opponents with strikes or submissions, and he has the kind of size that could allow him to match up with Jones a little better than most opponents.
She gets very good body position when it comes to dealing with those taller opponents and uses her body well to box those opponents out when it comes to getting a rebound.
While I’m not saying that they can continue to improve and still win games against better teams, the fact that the winning percentage of their final 10 opponents is twice as much as the winning percentage of their first six opponents says a lot.
Alleging plots and conspiracies against him at home and abroad, Touré’s regime targeted real and imagined opponents, driving thousands of political opponents into exile.
At any time during a betting round, if one player bets, no opponents choose to call (match) the bet, and all opponents instead fold, the hand ends immediately, the bettor is awarded the pot, no cards are required to be shown, and the next hand begins.
Conceding the hand does save the trick points opponents would score playing their hands, although opponents will not have an opportunity to lose their meld by failing to take a trick.
In-fighters operate best at close range because they are generally shorter and have less reach than their opponents and thus are more effective at a short distance where the longer arms of their opponents make punching awkward.
In the classroom and in writing, it often takes the form of explicit disputation ; a topic drawn from the tradition is broached in the form of a question, opponents' responses are given, a counterproposal is argued and opponents' arguments rebutted.
It was popularly reported by George Gamov and his opponents that Hoyle intended to be pejorative, and the script from which he read aloud was interpreted by his opponents to be "vain, one-sided, insulting, not worthy of the BBC".
Teams were placed in divisions based on geographic rivalries to reduce travel costs as teams played division opponents more often than non-divisional opponents.
The offence must advance the ball at least ten yards towards the opponents' goal line within three downs or forfeit the ball to their opponents.
Phrases with opponents
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with opponents
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- their opponents 32×
- his opponents 22×
- opponents of 14×
- opponents in 12×
- opponents to 11×
- political opponents 10×
- opponents and 8×
- opponents who 7×
- but opponents 7×
- opponents on 5×