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Example sentences for "strange contrast"

  • But he was excellently well treated at Pahra, in strange contrast to his subsequent treatment at Bampur, close by.

  • But he took his punishment very quietly, never so much as uttering a growl, in strange contrast to the big dog's vociferous style of doing business.

  • Then, in strange contrast to the hissing whisper, there broke from her lips a ringing and unearthly laugh that chilled him to the marrow.

  • His horse, a fine bay charger, was a strange contrast to the shaggy rough little steeds of his followers.

  • The silence in the English Camp afforded a strange contrast to the constant roar of the Russian batteries, to the music and trumpet calls and lively noises of the encampment of our allies.

  • Here she is often youthful and attractive, and is generally to be found,--strange contrast of associations!

  • The roof was poor and thatched; but in strange contrast to it there ran all along under the eaves a line of wooden shields, most gorgeously painted with chevron, bend, and saltire, and every heraldic device.

  • The air was full of the clack of their voices and the merry prattling of children, in strange contrast to the flash of arms and constant warlike challenge from the walls above.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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