juxtaposition

Example Sentences

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The juxtaposition is jarring -- and entirely normal here.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

That’s a juxtaposition I’ll sometimes hear in John’s music as well.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

It’s a book that, in juxtaposition to “Brats,” charts “the private, personal sort of friendship.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

“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

Even the rash-free are affected by the juxtaposition of terrible heat and cool, inaccessible water.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich