Example sentences for: contrasts

How can you use “contrasts” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Raphael’s stately Betrothal of the Virgin contrasts with the earthier inspiration of Caravaggio’s Supper at Emmaus.

  • Mismatch between criteria for the specific job and what the case study application can do; insufficient attention to contrasts and comparisons needed for purposes of the study

  • While the comparison between the modern-day "Patriot movement" to which McVeigh belongs and the turn-of-the-century anarchist movement is worth making, the contrasts, rather than similarities, are what stand out.

  • Yet the media lauded Bush's speech for its boldness, citing the "contrasts" he drew with President Clinton while "appealing to a different kind of audience from the one that had elected his father" and "distinguishing himself from the rest of the crowded Republican field."

  • This lean, unadorned, high-collared garment in plain fire-engine-red wool contrasts wonderfully with a peach velvet and green satin coat-and-waistcoat men's ensemble from about 1765, its cuffs and vest covered with embroideries, its buttons glittering with paste diamonds.


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