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Example sentences for "sharp contrast"

  • He was a man of noble birth, and with his social gifts, his appreciation of art and letters, his knowledge of men and the world, presented a sharp contrast to Marius.

  • They offered a sharp contrast to Roman law, which acted in the public interest, balanced evidence, and sought only to get at the truth.

  • This personal note affords a sharp contrast to the anonymity of the Middle Ages.

  • In sharp contrast to the Far East Command, there was little support among senior Army officials in Europe for full integration.

  • As for the men themselves, their attitudes were in sharp contrast to those predicted by the Army traditionalists.

  • Unconformably overlying the whole series and in sharp contrast to the fine wind-blown stuff below it, is a third series of coarse deposits about five hundred feet thick.

  • If we turn now from eastern civilisation to ancient Greece, the picture there presented to us is in many ways in sharp contrast to anything we have yet examined.

  • In Athens the position of women stands out in sharp contrast.

  • Its elevated language is in sharp contrast to that of almost all the other Varuna hymns.

  • Drona's soul ascends to heaven, a burning fire like a sun; In sharp contrast to the older 'thumbkin' soul which Yama receives and carries off in the tale of Satyavant.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    black flag; burnt clay; certain stage; close approach; extraordinary degree; grey hairs; had one; other employments; sharp action; sharp bark; sharp edge; sharp exclamation; sharp fight; sharp glance; sharp knife; sharp look; sharp minor; sharp teeth; sharp turn; sharp word; sharply defined; sharply pointed; sheet brass; social psychology; warn you; will describe