set in opposition
Example Sentences
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Mr Brilliant says Harrods’ managers were set in opposition to each other and then expected to keep a watchful eye on their rivals.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2024
History tells us that Elizabeth and Mary were cousins set in opposition by their clashing religions, their royal parentage and their mutual desire to rule Britannia.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2011
How mean and selfish the human heart is when our desires are set in opposition to our duties!
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
A force of equal quality is to be divided and the two parts to be set in opposition to each other.
From Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II by Morse, Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Breese)
The prophets also set in opposition to their own traditional ritual religion a doctrine of righteousness, by which religion was made ethical.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
