Example Sentences

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She wanted it to say she’s “nonpartisan,” but because of our strict ballot rules it will end up reading, oxymoronically, that she’s running under the banner of the “Nonpartisan Party.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2022

This style is called, oxymoronically, dry noodle soup.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2021

Along with its neighboring oxymoronically named fleabags, the Magic Castle evokes the American Dream, while denying it at every downbeat, threadbare turn.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2017

Nobody who is oxymoronically described as "famously publicity-shy" will ever be unGoogleable.

From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2013

The world’s best and brightest professors, investment managers, analysts, consultants and – oxymoronically – politicians and media presenters missed this corporate and enterprise renaissance.

From Forbes • May 20, 2011