Example sentences for: opposite

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

  • It could also have "devastating" effects on Western opinion by giving the impression that NATO is only bombing buildings in Belgrade because it is incapable of taking on the Serb military units in Kosovo, where Milosevic appears "to have all the time he needs to empty villages, mine frontiers, bury his tanks and armored vehicles, and install artillery batteries opposite the KLA bases in Albania."

  • “ daf-16 is kind of the opposite of daf-2 , in the sense that it promotes longevity and youthfulness … so we call it ‘sweet 16.

  • When my mom made her weekly trip to the emergency room to have doctors patch up one of my four brothers injured in a game of King of the Hill or Catch the Arrow, it was a given that another mother would "look after" us kids, even though we were all running in opposite directions.

  • Staying at a central base allows excursions both east and west, but a base in the far east or west limits your ability to see the opposite side of the island.

  • I think you've got one thing exactly right: The Sopranos works so well precisely because it is understated, because it is the opposite of the operatic Godfather . Together, The Godfather and The Sopranos make up some kind of whole, but here's the fundamental difference between them: Every mobster I've ever met imagines himself a player in The Godfather . I interviewed Sammy Gravano a few weeks ago and he said as much; The Godfather invested the lives of mobsters, who are in fact seedy and boring characters, with honor and drama.


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