Paradoxically

//ˌpɛɹəˈdɑksɪkli//

"Paradoxically" in a Sentence (17 examples)

Paradoxically, he is right.

Paradoxically, the President of Turkey is the de jure head of state but has no legal role in government.

Paradoxically, drinkable water is the first thing in short supply after a flood.

Paradoxically, she craves social interaction while refusing to leave her house.

Billy's contribution to the English corpus earns him accolades. Paradoxically, when Dmitri innocently shares his example sentences, he's met with accusations of spamming.

Paradoxically, the very individuals who suggest imposing a limit on sentences fail to match the impressive output of the site's most dedicated contributors.

Paradoxically, much of what is sometimes called social media is essentially and profoundly anti-social.

The analysis of gender in religion or spirituality is an esoteric theme. I for one am attracted to Buddhism, because of its masculine viewpoint about reality. Buddhists accept prevailing discontent as a condition of this illusory world, the Māyā hiding true reality, but paradoxically, they promote equanimous joy. They do not believe in sulking, like a happy boy. The portrayal of the woman is very interesting in the rendition of Dàodéjīng by Ursula K. Le Guin: Chapter 6 says, "The valley spirit never dies. Call it the mystery, the woman. The mystery, the Door of the Woman, is the root of earth and heaven. Forever this endures, forever. And all its uses are easy." Chapter 28 says, "Knowing man, and staying woman, be the riverbed of the world." Chapter 61 says, "By stillness the woman may always dominate the man, lying quiet underneath him." Such is Daoism. I know some who might think that turning to religion might be a "girlie" gesture, but it is not necessarily so. Some sci-fi buff friends of mine think that all I need is sci-fi as an exercise in understanding reality through irreality, something I have been doing since reading Dr. Seuss imaginary books in Grade 1. I analyse that it may have been originally Dr. Seuss books that encouraged me to pursue the sci-fi imaginarium throughout my life. Some sci-fact buffs, however, incline away from sci-fi, which they may think is childish, frivolous "hypotheticals." I believe also in sci-fact, invigorated by sci-fi excursions.

The 90s were a time of social progress for the U.S. after a decade of reaction, but they also paradoxically put an end to androgynous fashion.

The proliferation of labor-saving devices has not given us more leisure time, paradoxically.

If there exists a non-empty set of uninteresting natural numbers, there must be a smallest uninteresting number, but this number is paradoxically interesting because it is the smallest uninteresting number.

Paradoxically enough, however, in general only the parties of the Left have done most to spread the belief that it was the numerical strength of the opposing material interests which decided political issues, whereas in practice these same parties have regularly and successfully acted as if they understood the key position of the intellectuals.

Paradoxically, the same faculty who complain about busyness are most likely to end up waiting passively. While they acquiescently wait to write, they busy themselves with other, often trivial, activities.

But Central Point, which had been a visibly mixed-race community since the 19th century, was home to a secret but paradoxically open interracialism.

Paradoxically, the deluge of writing itself contributes to declining readership. It's not just that if you're writing then you can't be reading. It's also that the sheer volume of what is now available acts as a disincentive to settle down with a single text. The literary equivalent of channel surfing replaces the prolonged concentration required to tackle a book.

Cottagecore is related to grandmacore, faeriecore, farmcore and goblincore; other nostalgia-ridden aesthetic communities that, paradoxically, thrive on many of the most popular internet platforms of the day.

Lacking the anthropomorphic elasticity of their hand-drawn counterparts in the original film, the animal characters of Favreau’s Lion King appeared, paradoxically, both lifelike and lifeless, their voices never matching their limited facial expressions

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