How to Use work against (someone) in a Sentence

work against (someone)

phrasal verb

• His quick work against Cleveland’s hitters was the theme of the night.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2024
• That would work against us because the lake is very cold right now.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2024
• How well do at-home rapid tests work against the new variant?
  — Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 13 Jan. 2024
• The group formed in part to work against any threats the Soviet Union might pose.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 11 July 2023
• What To Avoid Some medicines will not work against colds or may be harmful to some people.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
• Most, if not all, of his work against Chicago will come on special teams.
  — Dallas News, 30 Oct. 2022
• This can work against weight loss efforts and can even promote weight gain.
  — Danielle Weiss, Verywell Health, 25 June 2023
• Using line or leader that’s too heavy can work against you two ways.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 23 May 2024
• The need to get more snaps in games, with the practice work against Pro Bowl center Tyler Biadasz, should only help.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
• How well do these vaccines work against the newer variants?
  — Alice Park, Time, 25 Aug. 2023
• To work against this, wear light colors like white, cream, or ecru which are better at hiding sweat (gray is the worst).
  — Kelsey Glennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2024
• One new variant that had raised alarms, known as BA.2.86, has turned out to be less of a threat – and lab tests suggest that the new booster will work against it.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• Still, many scientists expect the vaccines to work against all clades.
  — Byjon Cohen, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
• Mokdad said that labs haven’t yet determined how well the Covid vaccines work against XBB.1.16.
  — Sara G. Miller, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2023
• Whether that will work against Alcaraz is Friday’s great mystery.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 June 2023
• He’s never kicked in a regular season game, and his work against the Jaguars was viewed as a positive.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2023
• In The Orange Bowl actually may work against the Eagles.
  — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• But Augtryo was designed to have a more durable effect and to work against tumors that have grown resistant to other Ros1 drugs.
  — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 16 Nov. 2023
• High-Fat Fast Foods High-fat fast food may work against efforts to improve blood pressure levels.
  — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 8 Oct. 2024
• For instance, treatments against melanoma also work against Merkel.
  — Ty Tagami, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2023
• Yoshida currently has a lead in OPS, but his age and experience in Japan could work against him.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 June 2023
• So far, the same antivirals used for the seasonal flu, such as Tamiflu, seem likely to work against H5N1.
  — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 10 May 2024
• Does a flame thrower work against creatures that literally live in Hell?
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
• However, the Jayhawks 26-4 record could work against them in trying to stay in their current division.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
• Season 3 also sees the elves battle over their agenda, while the forces of other kingdoms work against Geralt, Ciri and Yennefer.
  — Carole Horst, Variety, 29 June 2023
• In New York, the state’s minimum wage rules can also work against restaurant employees.
  — Max Siegelbaum, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2023
• They were told to isolate and are recovering after being treated with flu antivirals, which seem to work against the virus, the CDC says.
  — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
• Now is the time to embrace more nimble strategies that cut costs and shorten procurement times, lest attrition work against the US and its allies.
  — Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Plus, shorts at the office can (unfairly) work against perceptions of women.
  — Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
• Kidneys are exceptionally responsive and adaptable—but these traits can work against them.
  — Max Springer, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024