opposing

Example Sentences

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When older adults activated one muscle to stabilize themselves, the opposing muscle often tightened at the same time.

From Science Daily

Without sense, it could be a myopic rumination on climate change mixed with a treacly buddy comedy, where two opposing temperaments clash into a discordant, aggravating mess.

From Salon

She said she and her husband signed petitions and wrote letters to city officials opposing it.

From Los Angeles Times

So it is always possible, as was the case at Vitality Stadium, for two seemingly similar incidents to have opposing outcomes on the field - and yet the VAR will not get involved in either.

From BBC

While the Fed is sorting which way the opposing risks tip, it perhaps has an obligation to pause and assess for now, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal