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.


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