in juxtaposition
Example Sentences
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“He would say things that put things in juxtaposition because his mind just wandered in various ways.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
On the opposite wall in the basement of the museum, a portrait of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is on display in juxtaposition.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2025
It’s a triptych that at first seems slight, then gains meaning the longer you hold its three seemingly disconnected short films in juxtaposition and peer through the overlaps.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Water is always in juxtaposition of what is above the water.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2022
It is curious, too, that Athenian victors should always occur in juxtaposition with Laconian.
From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland
