Example sentences for: opposed

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

  • Klein, being a post-structuralist, is fascinated by the materiality of signs--that is, in this case, by the way words look and sound, as opposed to what they mean.

  • But it is like cruising a smoothly paved freeway in a Mercedes, as opposed to jolting down a country lane in a Model-A Ford.

  • Proximal acini could be distinguished from peripheral and central acini by the cuboidal (as opposed to columnar) epithelial cells and by the presence of surrounding smooth muscle layers.

  • But the coal miners and the energy companies are actively opposed to green taxes, while the broader public that would benefit from them is not actively in support.

  • We now know one figure, the FY2000 ink was not as red as the USPS thought it would be---the loss is $199 million as opposed to the $325 million they projected last July.


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