apposition

Example Sentences

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They’ve cohered through wet-on-wet mixing into a strange, alienating hybrid color, made even stranger by the apposition of equally thick background strokes of soiled coral.

From New York Times

In her analysis of the causes of repression in her society, Ms. Alexeyeva consistently disputed any neat apposition of Russian despots and Western democratic leaders.

From New York Times

With its unbalanced nouns in apposition, the film’s title hints at the absurdity of the way human beings think.

From The New Yorker

It should be in apposition with “he,” not with “his efforts.”

From New York Times

“I am convinced that Juan at one time will go to Europe, and of course we are ultimately in apposition to financially have a gain if that should happen,” Soler said.

From New York Times