Words similar to opposites
Example sentences for: opposites
How can you use “opposites” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
gingerly Neither denotes nor connotes spice or snap or red hair, rather just their opposites: cautious, careful, wary.
Oxymoron means a phrase that contrasts opposites for a literary effect, e.g., a deafening silence.
Of course, most ups and downs function as simple opposites, as in uptown versus downtown .
It's doubly crazy to argue on any day besides Opposites Day that the high-school quota system has nothing to do with race.
Oftentimes, these polar opposites come together: Ise-Shima, the most sacred of all sanctuaries of Shinto (Japan’s ancient, nature-worshipping indigenous religion) reinforces Japan’s profoundly intimate links with the Sun Goddess and her grandson, the God of the Earth.