contrast

Example Sentences

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Throughout, she and Ms. Halvorson create delightful sonic contrasts; it’s like seeing someone wear fabrics and patterns that should clash but instead work together to enlightening effect.

From The Wall Street Journal

Numerous videos of federal officials’ actions in the killings have stood in apparent contrast to the official accounts being given by some administration officials.

From The Wall Street Journal

Joe Root and Harry Brook hit hugely contrasting, but equally brilliant, unbeaten centuries as England beat Sri Lanka by 53 runs to clinch a one-day international series win.

From BBC

But there’s something about seeing it in person—the way the arches soar, how the reddish orange contrasts against the blue of the sky and the blue of the ocean— that amazes me.

From Literature

In contrast to the performance of the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal