poles apart
Example Sentences
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"Both, poles apart in genre, did great business," he said.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
The tour was poles apart from luxury safaris with furnished tents and balloon rides over the Serengeti.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023
But with the candidates' backgrounds and policy proposals poles apart, voters will have to decide what kind of change they want before they cast their ballots in the run-off election on 19 June.
From BBC • May 30, 2022
“We were poles apart tonight . . . the quality of their kicking game, the quality of their skill-set, we just really battled to deal with.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2020
A prime quarrel arose between John Smith and Edward-Maria Wingfield, two whose temperaments seem to have been poles apart.
From Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings by Johnston, Mary
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
