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"Contrary" in a Sentence (22 examples)
And yet, the contrary is always true as well.
"Have you finished?" "On the contrary, I have not even begun yet."
You are young. I, on the contrary, am very old.
I will come on Monday unless you write to the contrary.
Mary is not poor. On the contrary, she is quite rich.
If you do that, it will only bring about a contrary effect.
It is contrary to reason.
It is contrary to the morals.
Everyone believes his story since there is no evidence to the contrary.
That picture doesn't seem ugly to me; on the contrary, I think it's rather beautiful.
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contrary winds
And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me[…]
We have lost our labour; they are gone a contrary way.
Galileo [Galilei]'s zeal for his opinions soon led him again to bring the question under the notice of the Pope, and the result was a declaration of the Inquisition that the doctrine of the earth's motion appeared to be contrary to the sacred scripture.
a contrary disposition; a contrary child
I never act contrary to my principles.
No contraries hold more antipathy Than I and such a knave.
If two universals differ in quality, they are contraries; as, every vine is a tree; no vine is a tree. These can never be both true together; but they may be both false.
You that be of the court, & eſpecially ye ſworn chaplains beware of a leſſon that a great man taught me at my firſt coming to the court he told me for a good will, he thoughte it wel. He ſayd vnto me. You muſt beware how ſo euer ye do that ye cõtrary not the king, let him haue his ſaiyngs, folow him, go with him. Mary out vpon this counſel, ſhal I ſay, as he ſayes?
The Athenians having left the enemie in their owne land, for to pass into Sicilie, had very ill successe, and were much contraried by fortune[…].
thus wilfully sir Palomydes dyd bataille with yow & as for hym sir I was not gretely aferd but I dred fore laūcelot that knew yow not Madame said Palomydes ye maye saye what so ye wyll I maye not contrary yow but by my knyghthode I knewe not sir Tristram
I finde them everie one in his turne to have reason, although they contrary one another.
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