Example sentences for: pitted

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

  • a worm of delight for those who watch, the pitted eyes of Oedipus make our play, worm

  • It was a drama of politics and class, the "liberal" aristocracy of the New Deal pitted against the ill-bred ugly upstarts of right-wing reaction, a prelude and cue to the McCarthy era.

  • Where Shaw's characters tend to represent views pitted against each other, Hare's cannot resist becoming genuine characters--contradictory, quirky, and imperfect both as heroes and villains.

  • But from another perspective, poorly informed proposals for bold action were pitted against experienced professional judgment.

  • In a case that pitted the fragile honor of the Army against the very survival of French republican democracy, the captain had to wait 12 years for full rehabilitation.


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