juxtaposition
Example Sentences
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The striking juxtaposition of South and North American financial centers is an attention-grabbing look at the ubiquity of American culture and capital.
“He would say things that put things in juxtaposition because his mind just wandered in various ways.”
"Obviously, if you're saying really funny things, but trying to have a serious conversation, that can be quite a difficult juxtaposition," she says.
From BBC
So, before a game last week, I asked Kings fans about the juxtaposition: Why can’t the Kings win in a league with a salary cap intended to help them win?
From Los Angeles Times
Eliot was creating a new type of poetry from stylistic juxtapositions, “Louis Armstrong, way down the river in New Orleans, was working out a similar technique for jazz.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
