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
It was a world wide as the poles apart from that of Sesenheim, where human relations were founded on natural feeling and only the language of the heart was spoken.
From The Youth of Goethe by Peter Hume Brown
