Contrasted
[kɔntræstid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Contrast
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Examples
- Observe their three heads: much alike at a first glance; at a second, different; at a third, contrasted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- India, a galaxy of contrasted races, religions, and cultures, Dravidian, Mongolian, and Aryan, became a nation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In their modes of expressing thought, these two generals contrasted quite as strongly as in their other characteristics. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This dangerous aspect of Ladislaw was strangely contrasted with other habits which became matter of remark. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She wore an amber-coloured flower, too, in her hair: it contrasted well with the jetty mass of her curls. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I knew that--and yet even the mention of his age, when I contrasted it with hers, added to my blind hatred and distrust of him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Her look of confidence and diffidence contrasted with Ursula's sensitive expectancy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A short speech, but the quiet decision with which it was uttered contrasted curiously with the young speaker. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then, as now, the kaleidoscopic variety of an Indian crowd contrasted with the blue uniformity of the multitude in China. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In that again it contrasted with Judaism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And for himself, he blushed with remorse and shame, as the remembrance of his own selfishness and indifference contrasted with that perfect purity. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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