The current of blood was seen distinctly in several vessels, now flowing rapidly, now slowly, and now in a direction contrary to that in which it was first observed, but with equal rapidity.
But, I now thought that I had not only passed the influence from one leg to the other, but in one of the legs in a direction contrary to the course of its nerves.
But this rolling of the eyes, after revolving till we become vertiginous, cannot cause the apparent circumgyration of objects, in a direction contrary to that in which we have been revolving, for the following reasons.
It advanced in a direction contrary to the wind; and although the rotary motion of the column was surprisingly rapid, its onward progress was sufficiently slow to allow a man to keep pace with it on foot.
The clouds seem arrested in their career as often as the vessel rises in a direction contraryto their course; so that the Calabrians must have experienced precisely the same motion on the land.
Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc.
Thrown silk, silk thread consisting of two or more singles twisted together like a rope, in a direction contrary to that in which the singles of which it is composed are twisted.
Return flue, in a steam boiler, a flue which conducts flame or gases of combustion in a direction contraryto their previous movement in another flue.
A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "direction contrary" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
