poles apart
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"Both, poles apart in genre, did great business," he said.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
He thinks the story has caught people's attention because the two styles of music are "poles apart".
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2023
Avocados are “perceived as something healthy, and the contrast to what it is actually doing” to the environment and society, “you couldn’t get further, it’s poles apart, it’s absolutely not,” McMahon said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022
They’re poles apart, and yet — ironically or outrageously — they’re profoundly similar, both in how they’re impacting their audiences, and why their genres emerged when they did.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2019
More tenaciously in earnest and more austere in every way than Mrs. Swynnerton, her work is as the poles apart.
From Women Painters of the World From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day by Sparrow, Walter Shaw
