Example sentences for: paradoxically

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

  • While other writers struggled with Paz's definition of the Mexican condition, he wrote about Chinese calligraphy, Japanese haiku, the Marquis de Sade ("an enemy of love," yet paradoxically, a generous man), or obstacles to democracy in India (he always thought there were useful parallels between Mexico's and India's struggles to set up a legitimate government).

  • Paradoxically, in collagen-induced arthritis (CIA), disease is suppressed in IL-4-deficient mice [ 28].

  • When a hypnotherapist keels over from a heart attack in the middle of giving him instructions on how to relax and follow his instincts, Peter emerges with an aura of serene indestructibility and a gonzo rebelliousness that makes him, paradoxically, more attractive to the faceless consultants whom his company has hired to downsize the labor force.

  • Leonardo's greatest shortcoming as a scientific thinker was, not paradoxically, his greatest strength as an artist: his eye.

  • So, paradoxically, a big chin on a healthy man is an advertisement of robustness: It means that, despite an excess of testosterone, his immune system is still powerful enough to fight off disease.


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