juxtaposed
placed or appearing close together or side by side, especially with an arresting or surprising effect, or in a way that invites comparison or contrast:The director handles the juxtaposed strands of the movie deftly, interweaving psychological intrigue with smartly observed comedy.
the simple past tense and past participle of juxtapose.
Origin of juxtaposed
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How to use juxtaposed in a sentence
This technique allowed Mehring to juxtapose color fields — in this case, gold and blue — with simple geometric shapes.
In the galleries: The Washington colorists and the CIA | Mark Jenkins | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostThis metaphor raises a lot of questions when juxtaposed with the rest of the lyrics of the song.
R. Kelly’s Craziest Lyrics From ‘Black Panties,’ Analyzed | Chancellor Agard | December 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd at Waddesdon Manor last year, items were placed in certain places, juxtaposed with objects that look entirely different.
The Writer and the Potter: Edmund De Waal on his New York Debut | Iain Millar | September 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd, while there are many startlingly violent scenes, they are juxtaposed with beauteous ones.
‘12 Years a Slave,’ Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender, Is Mesmerizing | Marlow Stern | August 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe piques all your senses, but the details are further juxtaposed with raw descriptions of suffering and death.
A Carpet Weaver’s Essential Afghan Memoir: Qais Akbar Omar’s ‘A Fort of Nine Towers’ | John Kael Weston | June 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
It is against their wholeness that the incomplete impressions of the recent past or present are juxtaposed.
Resurrecting Afghanistan: Khaled Hosseini’s ‘And the Mountains Echoed’ | Rafia Zakaria | May 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir body is compressed and not covered with ordinary scales, but with small juxtaposed scutes.
Thus it happened that in Eustacia's brain were juxtaposed the strangest assortment of ideas, from old time and from new.
Return of the Native | Thomas HardyOne could not react too carefully juxtaposed against glaring opposites in a universe filled with few resolutions.
The Land of Look Behind | Paul Cameron BrownThis military criticism and technical discussion juxtaposed to the epic prelude and the epic sequel is a clever device enough.
Cyropaedia | XenophonThe two things—elements—don't somehow illustrate each other, and are juxtaposed only by the terrible globe-shrinkage.
The Letters of Henry James (volume I) | Henry James
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