contrast
verb (used with object)
to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of.
was contrasting
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past progressiveof contrast.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"The communication was contrasting and varied. Twitter remains a good source of information and humour and I would say it's enhanced my enjoyment."
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2017
Though the document named no names, some people got the impression that Nixon was contrasting himself to Kissinger, who showed up in Beijing the following week with a group of U.S. businessmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir George needed assistance, for he was contrasting in his altered thought the different feelings of mind and frame with which he had formerly frequented the same place.
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Sir Walter Scott
She felt that he was contrasting her with some one else—with a certain some one.
From The Conflict by David Graham Phillips
When she should have been contrasting the wickedness of her soul with the grace of the Divine Model, she was contrasting her fading face with the youthful bloom of the young girls.
From Pembroke A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
