Sample Sentences forparadox (editor-reviewed)
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It’s a paradox that the more we learn, the more we realize how little we know.paradox = something that seems contradictory but is true
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It's the grandfather paradox of time travel, in which a man cannot travel to a time before he was born and kill his grandfather.paradox = a situation that seems impossible because parts of it seem to contradict each other
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Her life was a paradox: she was both incredibly private and a bestselling memoirist.paradox = something that seems self-contradictory
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The idea that slowing down can help you get more done is a common paradox in productivity advice.paradox = something that seems contradictory but is true
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Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution. (source)paradoxes = situations that seem impossible because parts of them seem to contradict each other
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It is perhaps a paradox that without the abuse of my past, I might not be what I am today. (source)paradox = a surprising situation because parts of it seem to contradict each other
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I suppose it is a bit of a paradox. (source)paradox = a situation that is surprising because parts of it seem to contradict each other
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Since we so diligently urge people to obey the Supreme Court's decision of 1954 outlawing segregation in the public schools, at first glance it may seem rather paradoxical for us consciously to break laws. (source)
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This was another of the paradoxes of Vught.† (source)
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Impelled by feelings that were primal yet paradoxically wholly impersonal.† (source)
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There are roots to the tongue. You've seen them, and if you put your finger in your mouth you can feel them, but you can't feel them with the tongue. It's a paradox. (source)paradox = a situation that is true but is surprising because parts of it seem to contradict each other
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But the more I inspected this American image, the less sure I became of what it is. It appeared to me increasingly paradoxical, (source)paradoxical = a situation or statement that seems impossible because parts of it seem to contradict each other
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Pity draws from all these opposing elements and courses through me like an uncooked stew, mixing and confusing the paradoxes, because now this man I once admired, if not revered, I once feared, if not hated, stands here, a fragment of the race, drunk, agonized, crushed, and I can't hate him any more; I can't see him as the manifestation of craziness and power he once possessed; he's a caricature, an apparition, but also more like me, capable of so much ache beneath the exterior of so much strength.† (source)
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The New York Times recently reported that the most expensive schools are paradoxically cheaper for low-income students.† (source)
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And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. (source)paradox = a situation that is surprising because parts of it seem to contradict each other
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A: Human beings are mysterious and paradoxical.† (source)
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