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

And he knew she was contrasting his costume with his voice and his clean-shaven face.

From Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story by Terhune, Albert Payson

She felt that he was contrasting her with some one else—with a certain some one.

From The Conflict by Phillips, David Graham

He was contrasting the history of the poor boy, which he had learned from Mrs. Crull, with that of his abandoned son.

From Round the Block by Bouton, John Bell