Example sentences for: juxtaposition

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

  • A visit to the medieval and modern capital of China is an exhausting though rewarding round of palaces and museums, temples and monuments, and streets and stores — a jolting juxtaposition of imperial pomp and contemporary energy.

  • A pleasing juxtaposition of elements, and it's sure fun to type out "sex site Meow Media," but rejected for both form and content.

  • The juxtaposition on the Post top-front is striking: "Top Aides shouted down at 'Town Meeting' on Iraq" cheek-by-jowl with "The Guys are Pumped," over a story about the stealth fighter crews massing in Kuwait.

  • Now, sadly, his personal life is itself reduced to a comic juxtaposition.

  • That's the message of The Potato Eaters , with its little glinting lamp illuminating the darkness and its loaded juxtaposition on the background wall of ticking clock and Crucifixion, time and eternity.


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