put in opposition
Example Sentences
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And often these things are put in opposition to each other.
From The Verge • Jan. 19, 2021
This and that are frequently put in opposition to each other; this, to express what is nearer in place or time; that, what is more remote.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
But how vain are the calculations of the greatest human intellects, when put in opposition to the overruling will of Omnipotence!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various
Dr. Warburton has very happily observed, that O sweet Oliver is a quotation from an old song; I believe there are two quotations put in opposition to each other.
From Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Johnson, Samuel
We must stand by our Choice, we must stay together with those involved in that Choice and continue the Rejection or Discard of those who are thus put in opposition.
From Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration by Coffman, C. J.
