How to Use kryptonite in a Sentence

kryptonite

noun

• The ring sat on the kitchen table like a piece of kryptonite, and Flora stared.
  — Cynthia D'aprix Sweeney, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Apr. 2021
• But once again, Henry proved to be the Colts' kryptonite.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Nov. 2020
• Can facts and comedy be the kryptonite to Trump and Greene's lies?
  — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 27 June 2021
• Anybody with, like, brown curly hair is like kryptonite to me.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
• In the early stages of his career, Hough’s fear was his kryptonite.
  — Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 12 Aug. 2023
• For now, the pain of the 63-58 loss to UConn, Stanford’s personal kryptonite, will linger.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
• Here’s why projects are agile’s kryptonite, and how to avoid getting pulled in by them.
  — Andrea Fryrear, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• Metal and even water are like kryptonite for the wireless waves used in WiFi, but even shelves and books can get in the way.
  — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• The playoffs, however, have been the team’s kryptonite.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2022
• The Ravens were coming off of a huge win against the Chiefs, a team that had been their kryptonite, and also went into the game with a long injury report.
  — Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2021
• Yet for all that winning, the Cincinnati Bengals had proved to be Kansas City’s kryptonite.
  — Ken Belson, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
• At its best, though, coach Eliah Drinkwitz’s team runs the football effectively, thus far the kryptonite for the Gators.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Nov. 2021
• Cincinnati has also been Kansas City’s kryptonite over the last 13 months.
  — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2023
• Fields glow kryptonite-green against volcanic black soil, while not-so-distant mountains smoke and spew hot red lava above the heads of hardy sheep.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Apr. 2022
• Yazdanicharati, the top-seed in the field, is a two-time world champion whose kryptonite appears to be Taylor’s sorcery.
  — USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• Further reading: Lorraine Ali writes that the case has revealed Fox News’ kryptonite: the bottom line.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• As with O’Reilly and Ailes, what might succeed in silencing the network’s worst instincts will be what’s been its kryptonite all along: the almighty dollar.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
• The latter stat has always proved his kryptonite, which should give bettors some optimism with 36 holes left to play.
  — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
• While that team had many flaws, their biggest kryptonite may have been their inability to finish out close games.
  — Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2021
• For some people, their childhood feels like kryptonite, but others go home and feel awakened just being there.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• Now, tender foot or not, comes a chance for redemption – or another dose of kryptonite.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
• Fox News finally reveals its kryptonite: the bottom line: Years of moral outrage from watchdog groups failed to change the network’s course.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• Since 2018, Dolce & Gabbana has been fashion kryptonite in China.
  — Quartz, 12 Jan. 2023
• Consistent offense, though, has been the fate-changing kryptonite.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
• Right now, New York would welcome something as simple as a clutch single — because the Astros are Yankees kryptonite.
  — Mike Fitzpatrick, ajc, 23 Oct. 2022
• Both those regimes, their biggest kryptonite is democracy.
  — Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2020
• Stagflation—high prices accompanied by anemic to negative growth—is the kryptonite of growth stocks.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2021
• Jon Ralston, the fact of the matter is immigration is -- can be political kryptonite at times.
  — NBC News, 21 Mar. 2021
• Then came the aftershock of soaring interest rates — kryptonite for an industry built on debt.
  — Matthew Haag, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• Kindness is Alexia’s kryptonite, the only thing that can stop her in her diabolical tracks.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024