clashing

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Her comedy is dialectical, it rides on characters talking at cross purposes, inhabiting separate clashing realities.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

The BBC is moving the date of a music festival set to take place in Stirling in order to avoid clashing with local events.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Behind the scenes, however, Musk and Altman were clashing over a proposed shift of OpenAI to a for-profit business that could attract investors in the capital-intensive AI race.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

It is a marriage that never worked for his counterpart at the Justice Department, former Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater, who recently quit after clashing with superiors who take a more lenient view on enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

I learned about the middle game and why tactics between two adversaries are like clashing ideas; the one who plays better has the clearest plans for both attacking and getting out of traps.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan