against

Example Sentences

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The wind wails impossibly louder, throwing debris against the door like a machine gun.

From Literature

Jamming her shoulder against it, she gives it a shove, then a stronger one, but nothing happens.

From Literature

Loud was part of her, grating against a wrongness she perceived but couldn’t identify, something in her family that had no name or face but demanded to make a sound through her.

From Literature

Legendary stood out in yellow, while the rest of the words buzzed in green, all against a black backdrop.

From Literature

She squinted against the burning midsummer late-afternoon sun that glinted in at a hard angle through the window.

From Literature