contrast
verb (used with object)
to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of.
had contrasted
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past perfectof contrast.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The statement quoted a Russian poet, Dmitry Prigov, who had contrasted the "heavenly policeman who speaks to God on his walkie-talkie" with "the earthly one who fabricates criminal cases".
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2018
In 1831, French writer Alexis de Tocqueville had contrasted the brutal conditions in American prisons to the “extended liberty” of American society.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Fortnight ago OFF Chief MacLeish had talked of "the strategy of terror" of the Axis Governments, had contrasted it with his own belief in a "strategy of truth."
From Time Magazine Archive
They apparently had contrasted the force of his letters and the feebleness of his 'bodily presence' and speech.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Alexander Maclaren
At that time Lord Chiltern's career had still been open to hope,—and the one man had contrasted his lot with the other.
From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Anthony Trollope
