poles apart
Example Sentences
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"Both, poles apart in genre, did great business," he said.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
I have read accounts by experts and scholars that are poles apart on these matters.
From Salon • May 21, 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
These two poems are in general character poles apart: that of Mr. Blakeborough is pure romance, whereas Mr. Fletcher never steps aside from the strait path of realism.
From Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems by Moorman, Frederic William
