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  • The author uses the characters to contrast the pressures felt by someone who spends everything earned and someone who saves money each month.
    contrast = compare to show differences
  • Contrast typical underlying beliefs of pro-life and pro-choice supporters.
    contrast = point to differences between
  • At school, she once nearly got them in trouble, when her history teacher assigned the class to write a paper contrasting the views of Demosthenes and Locke as expressed in two of their early columns.   (source)
    contrasting = pointing to differences between
  • ...he had thought that up to make me understand he wasn't afraid of Radleys in any shape or form, to contrast his own fearless heroism with my cowardice.   (source)
    contrast = point to the difference between
  • Our business is not to contrast the two, but to reconcile them.   (source)
    contrast = point to differences between
  • Tate noticed that while her face and body showed early inklings and foothills of womanhood, her mannerisms and turns of phrase were somewhat childlike, in contrast to the village girls whose mannerisms—overdoing their makeup, cussing, and smoking—outranked their foothills.   (source)
    in contrast = in a comparison that shows differences
  • Frau Holtzapfel appeared to be waiting for me in the kitchen. ... By contrast, Frau Diller was fast asleep.   (source)
  • The MQM is a very organized movement, and the mohajir community sticks together. By contrast we Pashtuns are very divided,   (source)
  • By contrast, the owl publicity was a nightmare for Mother Paula's All-American Pancake Houses, Inc., which found itself the subject of an unflattering front-page article in the Wall Street Journal.   (source)
  • The battle was so high that only the giant, shining bombers were consistently visible; the fighters, tiny in contrast, flickered in and out of view as the sunlight caught them.   (source)
    in contrast = a comparison
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  • Callie Fitzsimmons, by contrast, was pointedly underdressed.   (source)
    by contrast = in a comparison that shows differences
  • What followed was a debate between father and daughter on the whys and wherefores, a contrasting of perspectives, a comparison of time horizons, and heartfelt expressions of conflicting hopes.   (source)
    contrasting = comparing to show differences
  • Nikki never fully adjusted to the new social and academic environment; she attended three different high schools in four years. Shani, by contrast, was a prodigy.   (source)
    by contrast = in a comparison that shows differences
  • In contrast to the warm colors of the rosewood box, the inlaid rose had been crafted of a pale wood, probably ash, which shone clearly in the dim light.   (source)
  • 'Out of order, am I?' shouted Seamus, who in contrast with Ron was going pale.   (source)
  • Her skin was darker now, which made her pale blue eyes seem even bluer in contrast, and she had taken to wearing her hair in a loose ponytail at the base of her neck.   (source)
  • John, in contrast, was offering her something different, the opportunity to establish a new family that no one could take away from her.   (source)
    in contrast = in a comparison that shows a difference
  • In fact, by the age of twenty, the elite performers had each totaled ten thousand hours of practice. By contrast, the merely good students had totaled eight thousand hours, and the future music teachers had totaled just over four thousand hours.   (source)
    by contrast = in a comparison that shows differences
  • Contrasted with his neck and jowls, the rest of his body was unnaturally thin.   (source)
    contrasted = compared (in a way that shows differences)
  • Compare and contrast: who do you want on your back, the guy who ran in to save his buddy or the officer who shed tears because he was being mistreated by some dirty enlisted men?   (source)
    contrast = point to differences between
  • In contrast, I was wearing a plaid flannel shirt, the same pair of cotton pants I'd worn to school all the previous week, and scuffed leather shoes, the ones I'd worn the day before playing around the creek behind the house.   (source)
    in contrast = in a comparison that shows differences
  • His jeans were stiff with dirt, and they were too short besides. By contrast, his T-shirt hung almost to his knees.   (source)
  • Jocelyn even had a graceful way of walking that made people turn their heads to watch her go by. Clary, by contrast, was always tripping over her feet.   (source)
  • Now that I'm an adult, you'll never catch me with less than $200 in my wallet. I want to be prepared in case I need it. Sure, I could lose my wallet or it could be stolen. But for a guy making a reasonable living, $200 is an amount worth risking. By contrast, not having cash on hand when you need it is potentially a much bigger problem.   (source)
  • In contrast, my mother looks flushed and angry.   (source)
  • In contrast to Saeed, Nadia saw no need to limit her phone.   (source)
  • In contrast with the exciting life Pumpkin was now leading, I had only my lessons and my chores, as well as the fifteen or twenty minutes Mameha spent with me during the afternoons several times a week.   (source)
    in contrast = in a comparison (that shows differences)
  • Judge Cormier looked about as inviting as a sheer cliff wall; by contrast, her daughter was shaking like a leaf.   (source)
    by contrast = in a comparison that shows differences
  • "It wasn't a big deal," I say, wondering what the rumor is in contrast to what really happened.   (source)
  • In Clarkston, by contrast, the number was 30 percent.   (source)
  • Norah thought of Sam's bedroom, the riot of colors there, and how tranquil this seemed in contrast, the colors stable, fixed, falling through the air.   (source)
    in contrast = a comparison that shows differences
  • Kirsten was our resident drama queen. Her emotions were always at full throttle, as was her mouth; she never stopped talking, even if she was well aware you weren't listening to her. In contrast, Whitney was the silent type, which meant the few words she uttered always carried that much more meaning.   (source)
    in contrast = in a comparison that shows differences
  • The colonel was more than a head taller than the chaplain and over twice as broad, and his swollen, overbearing authority made the chaplain feel frail and sickly by contrast.   (source)
  • They had never seen a face like hers before–had never seen a face that was not youthful and taut-skinned, a body that had ceased to be slim and upright. All these moribund sexagenarians had the appearance of childish girls. At forty-four, Linda seemed, by contrast, a monster of flaccid and distorted senility.   (source)
  • And when the last rocket burst and the cheering died away, the night that had been fine before seemed dull and heavy in contrast, the sky became a pall.   (source)
  • By contrast the noises on the train seemed unusually loud.   (source)
  • Two were dark, and had high aquiline noses, like the Count, and great dark, piercing eyes, that seemed to be almost red when contrasted with the pale yellow moon.   (source)
    contrasted = compared to show differences
  • True, Anne could not help a little pang when she contrasted her plain black tam and shapeless, tight-sleeved, homemade gray-cloth coat with Diana's jaunty fur cap and smart little jacket.   (source)
  • All these horrors afflicted Jurgis all the more cruelly, because he was always contrasting them with the opportunities he had lost.   (source)
    contrasting = comparing to show differences
  • Close on its apparition, and blindingly violet by contrast, danced out the first lightning of the gathering storm, and the thunder burst like a rocket overhead.   (source)
    by contrast = in a comparison that shows differences
  • Even on Sunday, when it veiled its more florid charms and lay comparatively empty of passage, the street shone out in contrast to its dingy neighbourhood, like a fire in a forest; and with its freshly painted shutters, well-polished brasses, and general cleanliness and gaiety of note, instantly caught and pleased the eye of the passenger.   (source)
  • Forms of Political Government Compared and Contrasted   (source)
    contrasted = compared to show differences
  • Had there been a Papist among the crowd of Puritans, he might have seen in this beautiful woman, so picturesque in her attire and mien, and with the infant at her bosom, an object to remind him of the image of Divine Maternity, which so many illustrious painters have vied with one another to represent; something which should remind him, indeed, but only by contrast, of that sacred image of sinless motherhood, whose infant was to redeem the world.   (source)
    by contrast = in a comparison that shows differences
  • But, it was only the pleasanter to turn to Biddy and to Joe, whose great forbearance shone more brightly than before, if that could be, contrasted with this brazen pretender.   (source)
    contrasted = compared to show differences
  • "You live just below — do you mean at that house with the battlements?" pointing to Thornfield Hall, on which the moon cast a hoary gleam, bringing it out distinct and pale from the woods that, by contrast with the western sky, now seemed one mass of shadow.   (source)
    by contrast = in a comparison that shows differences
  • And Maximilian was patient, and employed himself in mentally contrasting the two girls,—one fair, with soft languishing eyes, a figure gracefully bending like a weeping willow; the other a brunette, with a fierce and haughty expression, and as straight as a poplar.   (source)
    contrasting = pointing to differences between
  • The End of the Wicked contrasted with that of the Righteous.   (source)
    contrasted = compared to show differences
  • He was received by Mrs. Bennet with a degree of civility which made her two daughters ashamed, especially when contrasted with the cold and ceremonious politeness of her curtsey and address to his friend.   (source)
  • In contrast to Francois's family, mine were busy making plans for a joyous occasion.†   (source)
  • In contrast to his rudeness yesterday, Shi greeted Wang as "Professor."†   (source)
  • He always spoke so warmly to them, in contrast to the way he expressed himself to his children.†   (source)
  • At this, Constance's pudgy, rosy cheeks grew redder still, so that her wispy blond hair seemed almost white in contrast, and her pale blue eyes shone bright as stars.†   (source)
  • Maybe it was just in contrast to the reporter's slant or something, but Juli's parts didn't come off oh-woe-is-me like I was expecting.†   (source)
  • By contrast, the museum houses give far greater educational value, and the fees they collect are used for the worthwhile purpose of maintaining important remnants of Savannah's heritage.†   (source)
  • In contrast to the drabness of color, to the cold that numbed her, the air was filled with a delicate, springlike fragrance, almost imperceptible as it blew softly against her face.†   (source)
  • In contrast, Mr. Luftig remained outwardly cheerful.†   (source)
  • By contrast.†   (source)
  • In contrast, the woman could not relax; her fingers picked at her clothes, and she poked at her hair— which was piled mountainously high and was as sticky-looking as a cone of cotton candy.†   (source)
  • In contrast, Ms.†   (source)
  • She, by contrast, was leaning into his side, nestling her head on his shoulder and holding on to his shirt at the elbow awkwardly with both hands.†   (source)
  • He can tell she is nervous, dressed in one of her better saris, wearing lipstick and perfume, in contrast to the khakis and T-shirts and soft leather moccasins Gogol and Maxine both wear.†   (source)
  • In contrast, sending some oaf with a stolen knife after Brandon Stark struck him as unbelievably clumsy.†   (source)
  • In contrast, the prospect of walking over with Kitsey to set up our wedding registry at Tiffany's had seemed a pleasing diversion.†   (source)
  • But in contrast to Schoening, I'll never be sure.†   (source)
  • In contrast to viscosity's cellular coma, velocity endows every platelet and muscle fiber with a mind of its own, a means of knowing and commenting on its own behavior.†   (source)
  • The other dancers pressed to the sides of the room to give them space — no one wanted to stand in contrast with such radiance.†   (source)
  • In contrast, France had done everything it could to ensure that its glory overwhelmed everyone.†   (source)
  • The smallness and fragility of our lives is met with the cold indifference not only of the distant stars and planets, which we can rightly think of as virtually eternal in contrast to ourselves, but of the more immediate "outer" world of the farm itself, of the inhumanity of machinery which wounds or kills indiscriminately.†   (source)
  • Yuko, by contrast, seemed peaceful and confident; she'd always been centered, so much so that Kathy had been envious, but now Yuko really seemed to have things figured out.†   (source)
  • By contrast other civilizations seem "speechless" or at least, as may have been the case in Egypt, not entirely cognizant of the creative and transformational powers of language.†   (source)
  • I recall my father with his wavy hair and clean-shaven face, his correct, upright and stubborn demeanor, in contrast to my mother who was heavy-set with Native features and thick straight hair, often laughing heartily, her eyes narrowed to slits, and sometimes crying from a deep tomb-like place with a sound like swallowing mud.†   (source)
  • The sentiment, in contrast, was lucid: I Hate Miss Mitten and I Think Her gnickers are TORN.†   (source)
  • In contrast, Mr Harry Smith was a small man with a rather intense expression that furrowed his brow.†   (source)
  • They complemented each other by contrast.†   (source)
  • In contrast to her initial feeling that she wanted to meet with her invisible enemy in order to convince him of his errors, now she only wanted to cut him to ribbons with the pruning shears.†   (source)
  • By contrast, my father was six feet two, slender, and he often said, "You got to look sharp all the time, Bennie.†   (source)
  • The classic mode, by contrast, proceeds by reason and by laws…which are themselves underlying forms of thought and behavior.†   (source)
  • This kind of idea is called monism (in contrast to Plato's clear dualism or two-fold reality).†   (source)
  • The low, irregular hairlines, which seemed even more irregular in contrast to the straight, heavy eyebrows which nearly met.†   (source)
  • By contrast, everyone in the group that received the cash stipends and other services made a full recovery.†   (source)
  • By contrast, the more he talked, the more my mother concentrated on her sewing, because she couldn't bear to think about it.†   (source)
  • By contrast, her bodily functions seek positive awakening.†   (source)
  • Still, and especially by contrast with his boy and his girl, he seemed the most vivid person at the table and Vivaldo rather liked him.†   (source)
  • In contrast to General Steyn, Mr. Hynning was a heavyset, unkempt man.†   (source)
  • By contrast, yellow fever, which is considered a highly lethal virus, kills only about one in twenty patients once they reach a hospital.†   (source)
  • She looked hopefully for a renewal of that earlier companionship which seemed by contrast almost intimate.†   (source)
  • In contrast, the students with the teachers identified as cheaters scored far worse, by an average of more than a full grade level.†   (source)
  • By contrast, Lorie was restful, and he had come to love her.†   (source)
  • In contrast, in much of the world discrimination is lethal.†   (source)
  • Just as you hear more about American soldiers in Vietnam raping women and children and shooting unarmed men, today the media is focused about this detainee debacle for two weeks solid, in contrast to American Soldiers being dragged in the streets and dismembered, which was covered for less than 72 hours.†   (source)
  • At Iwo, by contrast, the defenders knew exactly where the invaders would arrive.†   (source)
  • In contrast, mine looked about as densely packed as a political headquarters two hours after the candidate has conceded.†   (source)
  • In contrast to 1618, they opted for caution.†   (source)
  • Matron's by contrast were doughy white, the knuckles large and red as if someone had taken a ruler to them; the knobby excrescencies on the fingers spoke of nothing but age and toil and the caustic soaps and scrubbings which were the first tools of her profession; the fire burst of wrinkles on her palms spoke of her love for the Ethiopian soil and her willingness to plant and weed and dig alongside Gebrew.†   (source)
  • And in contrast to the events in his dreams, he felt quite good.†   (source)
  • In contrast, our team had no particular uniform, and each of us wore whatever he wished: dungarees, shorts, pants, polo shirts, sweat shirts, even undershirts.†   (source)
  • First-time failure, by contrast, is expected; it is the natural order of things.†   (source)
  • In contrast, X-ray crystallography could outline individual molecules.†   (source)
  • Washington, by contrast, was constantly trying to fathom Howe's intentions, his next move.†   (source)
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  • There was quite a contrast between the styles of the two teachers.
  • In stark contrast to two nights ago, when I felt Peeta was a million miles away, I'm struck by his immediacy now.   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • His hands shook. It was such a contrast to his restraint of a few minutes ago that Armstrong was quite taken aback.   (source)
    contrast = something notably different compared (to something else)
  • I left the hall the moment dessert was served. It was a relief to escape all that refinement and beauty—to be allowed to be unlovely and not a point of contrast.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference in a side-x-side comparison
  • The chill Westerberg sensed between Alex and his parents stood in marked contrast to the warmth McCandless exhibited in Carthage.   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • The contrast of fragile veil and rank animal pelt, that's what appeals to the gentlemen.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • But the suggestive style with which the young man had drawn the people was sharply contrasted by the level of detail with which he had drawn the room itself.   (source)
    contrasted = shown as notably different
  • The incredible optimism I felt about my own life contrasted starkly with the pessimism of so many of my neighbors.   (source)
    contrasted = differed
  • An odd, dilapidated wooden building near one of the corners of the square contrasted greatly with the gray stone.   (source)
  • The weird contrast between the bright, striped, living orange of his coat and the inert white of the boat's hull was incredibly compelling.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
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  • It was like he knew how to treat a lady, he just didn't know how to treat a date. It was quite a contrast to Aspen.   (source)
    contrast = something notably different compared (to something)
  • It was painted yellow and had a charming porch that made it feel open and welcoming—a nice contrast from the daunting courtrooms, institutional waiting rooms, and prison walls that defined so much of the lives of our clients' family members.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • Harry could see him sweating in the torchlight, his white skin contrasting strongly with the black of his hair and beard.   (source)
    contrasting = notably different (in brightness or tone)
  • Stimulated by the sights and smells, you realise that you have arrived in a land of contrasts.   (source)
    contrasts = side-x-side arrangement of things that draws attention to an unmissable differences
  • The voice was saying, "-easygoing monsters from a bygone world stand in sharp contrast to what we will see next."   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • As Atticus's fists went to his hips, so did Jem's, and as they faced each other I could see little resemblance between them: Jem's soft brown hair and eyes, his oval face and snug-fitting ears were our mother's, contrasting oddly with Atticus's graying black hair and square-cut features, but they were somehow alike.   (source)
    contrasting = drawing attention to an unmissable difference when seen side-by-side
  • Vittoria was studying him, her dark skin in stark contrast to the white lab.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference (in brightness or tone)
  • He stands in stark contrast, his shirt fine and clean, and his shoes are soft, reflective leather.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • The bleak line of shore surrounding the gray harbor was a disheartening contrast to the shimmering green and white that fringed the turquoise bay of Barbados which was her home.   (source)
    contrast = something notably different compared (to something else)
  • A few days later Locke got picked up for a column in a New England newsnet, specifically to provide a contrasting view for their popular column from Demosthenes.   (source)
    contrasting = differing
  • And yet there are also half-transparent passages rendered so lovingly alongside the bold, pastose strokes that there's tenderness in the contrast, and even humor; the underlayer of paint is visible beneath the hairs of his brush; he wants us to feel the downy breast-fluff, the softness and texture of it, the brittleness of the little claw curled about the brass perch.   (source)
    contrast = something notably different
  • Pieter Grotius's workplace was a complete contrast to the confusion of the shop.   (source)
    contrast = something notably different compared (to something)
  • Warm light still spilled out of it, contrasting with the oily darkness of the shaft below.   (source)
    contrasting = differing
  • The sun was beginning its slow descent, and as I pulled out, the sky was a swirl of fruity colors that contrasted dramatically with the evening skies I'd come to know in Germany.   (source)
    contrasted = differed
  • The last hour had taught me a few major lessons, the main one being I must gain the ability to fight alone, in direct contrast to everything I had ever been taught.   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • She wears a bright yellow coat, buttoned to the throat, which contrasts with the dark gray overcast sky above.   (source)
    contrasts = differs notably (in brightness or tone)
  • It was June in California, that time of year when most things had turned brown and withered, but here there were trees everywhere, contrasting with the white stone of the buildings.   (source)
    contrasting = differing (in brightness or tone)
  • Clary noted the contrast: the ravaged face of the older man and the boy's unlined one, the pale locks of hair falling into Jace's eyes making him look even younger.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • When he said this, a contrast struck me: Colton, a little guy, was talking about a being so big—but in the next breath, he was talking about love.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference between things
  • And the contrast with her friend Korin was like comparing a rock along the roadside with a jewel.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • High banks of snow presented a picturesque contrast to Stockholm.   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • The pioneers who founded Garden City were necessarily a Spartan people, but when the time came to establish a formal cemetery, they were determined, despite arid soil and the troubles of transporting water, to create a rich contrast to the dusty streets, the austere plains.   (source)
    contrast = something notably different compared (to something)
  • This relationship-four months old now-was still a mystery to her, as much as the constellation of freckles on Patrick's shoulders, the valley of his spine, the startling contrast of his black hair against a white sheet.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • While he was obviously not a progressive man, he was courteous and reasonable, in marked contrast to his predecessor.   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • Doro's hair was pure white now, in striking contrast to her dark eyes, her smooth olive skin.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • The head was very dark brown—almost black—in such sharp contrast to the white neck that the bird looked as though it were wearing a kind of hood.   (source)
    contrast = difference (in brightness or tone)
  • Johnnie greeted the new boarder with a reserve which was in marked contrast to the reception he got from the other girls.   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • She and Kirsten flew down together for Thanksgiving, and when we picked them up from the airport, the contrast was startling.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • Freddie looked the boy up and down, taking in the steady but secretive eyes and the startling contrast between Ruth's lemony skin and the boy's black skin.   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • A moment later, she's wearing it, and it is exactly as I remember, the cool green satin contrasting with the warm pink of her skin.   (source)
    contrasting = differing
  • The tattoos on my face, back, and shoulders stood out in stark, sapphire contrast to the white of my skin and the rust-colored smears of blood that covered my body.   (source)
    contrast = difference (in brightness or tone)
  • She had the longest eyelashes I had ever seen, and her skin was pale, made even paler by the contrast of her wild black hair.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • He was a striking contrast to his partner.   (source)
    contrast = something notably different
  • ...he used sexy and Duffy — implying I was fat and ugly — in the same sentence. The contrast was almost laughable. Almost.   (source)
    contrast = difference seen when comparing
  • Such is His mystery: that beauty requires contrast, and that discord is fundamental to the creation of new intensities of feeling.   (source)
    contrast = something notably different
  • Her understated dress was in marked contrast to her ostentatious house: a simple black jacket, gray tweed pants, and black riding boots.   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • I think of the contrast, all over the rest of the Taggart system.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • They are a complete contrast in attitudes: his father jokes with ticket agents, starts conversations with other passengers.   (source)
  • The youthful power and appearance of his chest is in marked contrast to that famously weathered face.   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • In the dim light his black shirt was a stark contrast to the white of hers.   (source)
    contrast = difference (in brightness or tone)
  • P. D. asked this brashly, in complete contrast to his mild and meek manner with the officer.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • It presented a striking contrast to remoter parts of the neighborhood.   (source)
    contrast = something notably different
  • Beneath the thick, closely-woven foliage the shade was deep: a striking contrast to the glare of the bush.   (source)
  • In marked contrast, DRUMMOND packs away his brief in a tattered leather case   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • The woods and the fields offered a complete contrast in those days.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • He felt deeply drawn to him, and not solely because he was intrigued by the contrast between O'Brien's urbane manner and his prize-fighter's physique.   (source)
  • I thought of all those heroines of fiction who looked pretty when they cried, and what a contrast I must make with blotched and swollen face, and red rims to my eyes.   (source)
    contrast = an unmissable difference when compared side-x-side
  • He almost pushed them out of the room, and then, with a scantness of ceremony that was in marked contrast with his earlier manner, turned to his host.   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • He was not at ease with violent and exceptional persons or with criminals and outlaws, and he took up his abode always among the middle classes, with whose habits and standards and atmosphere he stood in a constant relation, even though it might be one of contrast and revolt.   (source)
    contrast = something notably different
  • No merrier man in his mess: in marked contrast to certain other individuals included like himself among the impressed portion of the ship's company; for these when not actively employed were sometimes, and more particularly in the last dog-watch when the drawing near of twilight induced revery, apt to fall into a saddish mood which in some partook of sullenness.   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • Zeena waited a moment, as if giving him time to feel the full force of the contrast between his own excitement and her composure.   (source)
  • There could not have been a greater contrast between brother and sister, for Stapleton was neutral tinted, with light hair and gray eyes, while she was darker than any brunette whom I have seen in England--slim, elegant, and tall.   (source)
  • The two men looked such a strange contrast, and of the two it was Chauvelin who exhibited a slight touch of fear.   (source)
    contrast = something notably different
  • Then the candor of the woman's whole existence, which every one might read, and which formed so striking a contrast to her own habitual reserve—this might have furnished a link.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • Leonard noticed the contrast when he stepped out of it into the country.   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • Across the Thames, except just where the boats landed, everything was quiet, in vivid contrast with the Surrey side.   (source)
  • I remarked to him, as I rose to depart, that, in spite of the contrast and the wide differences between us two, les extremites se touchent ('extremes meet,' as I explained to him in Russian); so that maybe he was not so far from my final conviction as appeared.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • Through this floating, fusty debris of peat and hay, mixed with the perspirations and warmth of the dancers, and forming together a sort of vege-to-human pollen, the muted fiddles feebly pushed their notes, in marked contrast to the spirit with which the measure was trodden out.   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • He threw over her shoulders the wraps he had brought, the modest wraps of common life, the poverty of which contrasted with the elegance of the ball dress.   (source)
    contrasted = was notably different
  • I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • The air of completeness and superiority with which she walked at my side, and the air of youthfulness and submission with which I walked at hers, made a contrast that I strongly felt.   (source)
  • At certain moments, that pure brow and that voluptuous smile presented a singular contrast.   (source)
    contrast = an unmissable difference when compared side-x-side
  • This other Musketeer formed a perfect contrast to his interrogator, who had just designated him by the name of Aramis.   (source)
    contrast = something notably different compared (to something)
  • The contrast struck me at the time and —   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • But Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living.   (source)
    contrast = something notably different compared (to something)
  • Miss Ophelia stood at her side, a perfect contrast.   (source)
    contrast = notable difference
  • Diamonds and mahogany, my dear! think what an advantageous contrast—and the white feathers in her hair—I mean in her wool.   (source)
  • Harmony was the soul of our companionship, and the diversity and contrast that subsisted in our characters drew us nearer together.   (source)
  • The calm of evening was again in singular contrast, while its gathering gloom was in as singular unison with the passions of men.   (source)
  • Mr. Bingley had soon made himself acquainted with all the principal people in the room; he was lively and unreserved, danced every dance, was angry that the ball closed so early, and talked of giving one himself at Netherfield.  Such amiable qualities must speak for themselves.  What a contrast between him and his friend!  Mr. Darcy danced only once with Mrs. Hurst and once with Miss Bingley, declined being introduced to any other lady, and spent the rest of the evening in walking about the room, speaking occasionally to one of his own party.   (source)
  • They were of Saracen origin, and consequently of Arabian descent; and their fine slender limbs, small fetlocks, thin manes, and easy springy motion, formed a marked contrast with the large-jointed, heavy horses, of which the race was cultivated in Flanders and in Normandy, for mounting the men-at-arms of the period in all the panoply of plate and mail; and which, placed by the side of those Eastern coursers, might have passed for a personification of substance and of shadow.   (source)
    contrast = difference
  • The Vonnegut's perfectly rendered steel loading ramp lowered to the ground, standing out in sharp contrast against the digital blackness of Archaide's surface.†   (source)
  • Jen waved her hand in a way that made Luke even more aware of the contrast between his ragged flannel shirt and patched jeans, and Ten's perfect house.†   (source)
  • "When work was completed on the house," said Adler, "the contrast between it and the other three was startling.†   (source)
  • Its light shines on her face, playing up the contrast between her fair skin and jet-black hair.†   (source)
  • The tones of black and white have the greatest amount of contrast between them, therefore writers and poets, who have always dealt with extremes in passion and people, use black and white to create those images of contrast.†   (source)
  • Charlie sat in the chair, and the contrast between him and its former occupant was comical.†   (source)
  • The contrast between his impact on the land and the city's impact was hard to miss.†   (source)
  • The contrast between the laughter and the stone stillness within me is jarring.†   (source)
  • The spice-blue overcast on his eyes made the sky appear dark, a richly filtered azure against which a distant rhythmic flashing stood out in sharp contrast.†   (source)
  • The neck and the plaits of hair and the white hands folded decorously in her lap all stood in sharp contrast to her black mourning outfit and gave Susan Marie the air of an unostentatious young German baroness who had perhaps just recently lost her husband but had not in the face of it forgotten how to dress well, even when she dressed to suggest grief.†   (source)
  • The humanism of the Renaissance brought a new belief in man and his worth, in striking contrast to the biased medieval emphasis on the sinful nature of man.†   (source)
  • He was drawing a contrast between himself and the world's poor.†   (source)
  • In stark contrast to the rest of her apparel, linen bandages encased her forearms, a testament to her astounding courage during the Trial of the Long Knives.†   (source)
  • I sat at the bar and read A Moveable Feast and cried with a kind of jealous disappointment because that beautiful time in history had passed me by and the contrast between the lush enchantment of Europe and my welfare-motel life was suddenly very sad indeed.†   (source)
  • They remembered him very well because of the contrast between his dark skin and his green eyes.†   (source)
  • At times he shook himself out of his indifference and showed up with some extraordinary, outsized present for his granddaughter, which only sharpened the contrast between the invisible wealth of his bank accounts and the austerity of the house.†   (source)
  • In stark contrast, he kept his tone light.†   (source)
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  • We increased the photo's contrast, so we can better see minor detail.
  • Some technical definitions of contrast consider intensity of color. Other definitions consider only black and white.
  • ...for his early work filming cells, see G. O. Gey and W. M. Firor, "Phase Contrast Microscopy of Living Cells," Annals of Surgery 125 (1946).   (source)
  • As beams of light tinted the clouds with blazing colors, everything gained a sharp contrast: brightly lit on one side, deeply shadowed on the other.   (source)
    contrast = difference (in brightness or tones)
  • The late afternoon light came in through the curtains and made his face a study in contrasts.   (source)
    contrasts = differences in shading
  • He cropped out the sticker and adjusted the contrast and sharpness.   (source)
    contrast = difference between tones of an image
  • ...a series of photos of a human vein, taken in sequence, in gradations of precisely controlled light, the level of contrast changing subtly with each one.   (source)
  • The picture was beautiful, however, the composition perfect. ... In the last few months, though, it had started to look kind of eerie to me. Like I couldn't just see the fine white-on-black contrast, or the way our features repeated themselves, in different measure but always similar, across our faces. Instead, when I studied it, I saw other things.   (source)
    contrast = the difference between tones of an image
  • Cedric flips the knob, adjusts the contrast, and fools with a mysterious red button, but all he can get are shadow images of the soulful Sisters With Voices, or SWV, mugging on MTV.   (source)
  • Blomkvist edited a series of pictures in which he cropped the top half of Harriet and processed them to achieve the best contrast.   (source)
    contrast = difference between tones of an image
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  • Mikael cropped the image to include the window alone, and then he experimented with adjusting the contrast and increasing the sharpness until he achieved what he thought was the best quality he could get.   (source)
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  • Francois enjoyed traveling throughout Greece on rickety buses—such a refreshing contrast to the orderly and predictable Parisian Metro.†   (source)
  • The shift seemed designed to maximize the numbers' contrast for visibility.†   (source)
  • His sharply drawn features were a delightful contrast to his gentle manner.†   (source)
  • The cheerful bounce of Darnell's hair contrasted with his worried demeanor.†   (source)
  • I could see his pale collar, his dark suit jacket a contrast against it.†   (source)
  • Joe's affability contrasted with the discomfiture of the men on the bench.†   (source)
  • On Sunday after church, when we gathered at Daddy's for our annual Father's Day dinner, the contrast was clear.†   (source)
  • Her loose white dress contrasted with her creamy brown skin, and a three-plated gold torque covered much of her chest and neck.†   (source)
  • Her white teeth contrasted with her dark, shiny skin, and when she smiled, her face not only increased in beauty, it also glowed with charm.†   (source)
  • The grass was trim and a spring-green color, but it had not been mowed so recently that it looked shorn; the ivy was glossy against the red-brick buildings, and the arborvitae and the privet hedges that outlined the quadrangle paths stood in uniform, dark-green contrast to the few, bright-yellow dandelions.†   (source)
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  • I can feel his heart slamming against my palm and I can smell his breath and feel the stubble on his upper lip, a sandpapery contrast to the softness of his lips, and Evan is looking at me and I'm looking back at him.†   (source)
  • "I pledge myself to you, Prince Tiberias," she says in a voice that is oddly high and breathy, contrasting with her hard appearance.†   (source)
  • They've read Native narratives and contrasting contemporaneous viewpoints and taken a field trip to The Abbe, the Indian museum in Bar Harbor, and now they have to do a research report on the subject worth a third of their final grade.†   (source)
  • The black screen was just reflective enough for her to see the outline of her face and body, the tanned skin of her arms contrasted with the dark steel of her hand.†   (source)
  • I couldn't help contrasting Nigel's lessons with Rufus's.†   (source)
  • It was such a stark contrast to how I used to spend my time with Aspen: holed up in the tiny tree house in my backyard, the only place we could be together safely.†   (source)
  • "Okay," he says assuredly, despite his contrasting eyes.†   (source)
  • The low key voice was a shocking contrast to the eyes, which were like a puff adder's.†   (source)
  • To ignore such a contrast would be ridiculous: to write a book without accounting for it a waste of time.†   (source)
  • It is only the, what-you-call-it, contrast.†   (source)
  • George and Harold had to admit that school secretaries were not very good subjects to compare and contrast with evil zombie nerds.†   (source)
  • The contrast got under my skin.†   (source)
  • On cue, LuLing entered, her petite frame contrasting with GaoLing's sturdier one.†   (source)
  • The foothills were sere and sensuous, their brown curves and sudden upthrustings contrasting strongly with the verdant monochrome of the Sea of Grass.†   (source)
  • I'd never seen him dress in black before, and, with the contrast against his pale skin, his beauty was absolutely surreal.†   (source)
  • She was smiling but her voice sounded angry, irritated, and the contrast was strange.†   (source)
  • It was the contrast that was so wrenching.†   (source)
  • D. H. Lawrence offers the contrasting view in Women in Love.†   (source)
  • Still, Mae had, in recent days, thought of Francis, the profound contrast he offered to Kalden.†   (source)
  • His face was still haggard and his eyes wary and haunted and the bright enthusiastic voice was a sharp contrast.†   (source)
  • And on like that until Mr. Powell told us both to hush because he wanted to talk about Audubon's use of the white space around the wing and the contrast in spatial perception that the two wings gave and artist stuff like that.†   (source)
  • It has been caught through some kind of light-amplifying optics that wash out the color and make everything incredibly grainy and low contrast.†   (source)
  • "Louie, you don't understand nothing, do you?" she said, her attitude a sharp contrast to the moments before, almost as if those moments were just dust from dreams, which often appeared real, but only dust.†   (source)
  • Her thick, dark eyebrows were knitted together and somehow made a lovely contrast to the frothy, bridal white.†   (source)
  • The next morning brought more early arrivals; namely, the two ladies from Germany who had travelled together despite what one would have imagined to have been the great contrast in their backgrounds - bringing with them a large team of ladies-in-waiting and footmen, as well as a great many trunks.†   (source)
  • They formed a curious contrast with the German detachments escorting them, who were in impeccable uniform, well-fed and self-confident, mocking and jeering at the failure of the rebellion as they filmed and photographed their new prisoners.†   (source)
  • To be honest with you, I was having a really hard time in my marriage, so I think it was a kind of compare-and-contrast thing.†   (source)
  • She looked around, the bruise on her temple a sharp contrast against her pale skin.†   (source)
  • I sit for a few moments, overwhelmed by the beauty of the music and the contrasting ugliness of Skid Row.†   (source)
  • Instead of another predictable paper on the changing view of nature in pre-Cataclysmic poetry, their tutor had asked them to compare and contrast the vampire crazes in the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries.†   (source)
  • A plump, happy-faced Reverend Mother had been the lecturer, her jolly voice contrasting weirdly with the subject matter.†   (source)
  • The theater of the absurd represented a contrast to realistic theater.†   (source)
  • He enjoyed the contrast of reality and illusion.†   (source)
  • Her sight was failing, and she wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses which stood out in harsh contrast to her warm brown skin.†   (source)
  • He was lean and wiry, too, his broad shoulders a contrast to his narrow hips, and the unruly mass of brown curls under his battered hat was definitely sexy.†   (source)
  • He became aware of other areas that were static as well: strange, abstract patches of contrast that formed no recognizable objects.†   (source)
  • I blended the colors, contrasting bright yellow with darker hues.†   (source)
  • Like Tehran on a smaller scale, Tabriz was a contrast of modern, high-rise architecture and rotting hovels.†   (source)
  • At Pollsmoor I got to know Gregory better and found him a welcome contrast to the typical warder.†   (source)
  • He was contrasting his own way of life and his father's way of fife with another one.†   (source)
  • It was a strange contrast to what was otherwise a picture of normalcy.†   (source)
  • The contrast struck cold to the girl's heart.†   (source)
  • By early middle age, Harding's biographer Francis Russell writes, his "lusty black eyebrows contrasted with his steel-gray hair to give the effect of force, his massive shoulders and bronzed complexion gave the effect of health."†   (source)
  • It was a decidedly odd contrast to the rest of the room.†   (source)
  • Rath is short and small-boned, pretty, vibrant, and bubbly, a wisp of a girl whose negligible stature contrasts with an outsized and outgoing personality.†   (source)
  • In dazzling contrast to everyone else at Pimlico, the Iceman was utterly relaxed.†   (source)
  • The result lacks depth and contrast but enables the sniper to see at night.†   (source)
  • The messages from strangers contrasted with the teasing I took from my siblings, who would make comments about how uppity I'd be once I had money.†   (source)
  • What a contrast to our model ballets!†   (source)
  • They contrasted with the landscape, which was beautiful.†   (source)
  • The noises contrasted with the stillness, the utter silence of the reservation before me.†   (source)
  • The warm hay smell mixed with clean, dry horse contrasted dramatically with the cold, snowy outside.†   (source)
  • The western side of the island was a stark contrast to the spot where the Indigo Dragon had landed.†   (source)
  • Her poverty contrasted with the embroidered dresses and custom-made shoes in which Senator Trueba dressed his granddaughter Alba.†   (source)
  • The boy rode with his back straight and arms at his sides, confident and unafraid, such a contrast from last night.†   (source)
  • But no, the order was from Deepak, and it read, "CAT scan of the head with and without contrast."†   (source)
  • The black sweater he was wearing only made his bruise-marked skin stand out more, and the dark lashes, too; he was a study in contrasts, something to be painted in shades of black, white, and gray, with splashes of gold here and there, like his eyes, for an accent color— "Let me do it."†   (source)
  • Red and blue and yellow, all hanging in an impossible contrast to the stark black trees.†   (source)
  • He wore his blond hair a bit longer now and it flipped up around his ears, contrasting nicely with the fine black wool suit he was wearing.†   (source)
  • After hours of cheers and screams, the lonely silence of the street contrasted starkly to his ears.†   (source)
  • It was a symbolic poster of a group of heroic figures: An American Indian couple, representing the dispossessed past; a blond brother (in overalls) and a leading Irish sister, representing the dispossessed present; and Brother Tod Clifton and a young white couple (it had been felt unwise simply to show Clifton and the girl) surrounded by a group of children of mixed races, representing the future, a color photograph of bright skin texture and smooth contrast.†   (source)
  • And in notable contrast to much of fashionable society and the Court, where mistresses and infidelities were not only an accepted part of life, but often flaunted, the King remained steadfastly faithful to his very plain Queen, the German princess Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, with whom by now he had produced ten children.†   (source)
  • He had used Zalachenko's passport photograph as an illustration, increasing the contrast so that only the darkest areas stood out, like a shadow across the whole cover.†   (source)
  • He kept his voice low, in deliberate contrast to the rector's, and affected a quizzical tone.†   (source)
  • The contrast was shocking.†   (source)
  • Instead of the characteristic smooth pale trunk, it had scaly black bark, which would provide a dazzling contrast when its leaves turned brilliant yellow in the autumn.†   (source)
  • Still the contrasts between all the schools kept bringing me back to Alabama.†   (source)
  • Their bright scarlet robes flapped behind them, a welcome contrast to the gloomy morning.†   (source)
  • In sturdy contrast with the pitiful fate of the Kreuzkirche, stood the Frauenkirche, from the curves of whose stone dome the Prussian bombs -rebounded like rain.†   (source)
  • She is blessed with lips that are full and red, contrasting seductively with her smooth olive skin.†   (source)
  • The red and blue of her cuts and bruises contrast sharply with her corpse-white skin.†   (source)
  • Mrs. Taggart had expected her to look like a preposterous contrast.†   (source)
  • That is in pretty sharp contrast to tahm or tahd, which is how time and tide are said by Southerners who live inland in North Carolina.†   (source)
  • The contrasting colors hung on dangling bobbins, not easy to keep straight on a herky-jerky train.†   (source)
  • Their genuine enthusiasm contrasted starkly to my rejection of every indignity we suffered at the hands of the upperclassmen.†   (source)
  • That contrast troubles me, and I'm still not sure how best to respond to it.†   (source)
  • The effect is festive, at least, a lively contrast to the dank grimness of this place, even if it is morbidity being celebrated.†   (source)
  • At the opposite end was a second door, startling in its contrast; it was made of gray steel.†   (source)
  • I could cite one of the many laws of contexts and contrasts.†   (source)
  • These regional and state contrasts fit with the data cited earlier showing a greater degree of ideological commitment among soldiers from slaveholding than from nonslaveholding families, for a higher percentage of families in the Deep South owned slaves than in the upper South.†   (source)
  • Craster's sheepskin jerkin and cloak of sewn skins made a shabby contrast, but around one thick wrist was a heavy ring that had the glint of gold.†   (source)
  • The huge boulders surrounding the area were especially colorful, with varying hues of red and orange, and they were encapsulated in a thin layer of ice that caught the fire of the sun and reflected brilliant bursts of sparkling colors in startling contrast to the dull gray of the misted glacier ice.†   (source)
  • His beautifully sculpted face was in serious lines, the killer black eyes sober and a dramatic contrast to a wavy mane of hair the same color as the gilt in the hallway.†   (source)
  • The sky was a vivid blue, and the beauty of the surrounding mountains provided an ironic contrast to the razor wire and concrete.†   (source)
  • She was wearing the size nine-and-a-half fluffy purple slippers I'd given to her for her birthday; I had known when I bought them, little satin heels and feathery wisps like from a boa on the toe, that they were way out of character for her; in this picture with her gray tweed skirt, long gray sweater vest, face frozen in dismay, the contrast was grotesque.†   (source)
  • His eyes, they were brighter than any I'd seen before, a brilliant blue—a stark contrast to his pale skin and dark hair.†   (source)
  • For contrast the girl wore a large blue hat, fetching as a frying pan; Ralph watched as she took two steps, gazed up with rapture at the tree branches, then took another two steps.†   (source)
  • The contrast was almost too great to be borne.†   (source)
  • That rocky island, with its brooding volcanic cone, was such a contrast to this peaceful spot that it sometimes frightened her.†   (source)
  • The Lamar Life tower is overshadowed now, and you can no longer read the time on its clocktower from all over town, as he'd wanted to be possible always, but the building's grace and good proportion contrast tellingly with the overpowering, sometimes brutal, character of some of the structures that rise above it.†   (source)
  • Yet even here, in its upper reaches, it had a certain beauty; not its former beauty of woods and shades and gentle colours; but a bold, bizarre beauty; a kaleidoscope of strange pigments and exciting, unexpected contrasts.†   (source)
  • His clothes—those of a sophisticated city-dweller—contrast sharply with the attire of the townspeople.†   (source)
  • The graceful flourish of his handwriting contrasted oddly with the fractured grammar and exotic spelling of his prose.†   (source)
  • I had contrasted it with the indifference and withdrawal of village Africa.†   (source)
  • Young lady, the tragic wrongness of what those well-meaning people did, contrasted with what they thought they were doing, goes very deep.†   (source)
  • She was dressed severely in a dark dress with long sleeves, and the only contrast was billowing white lace at her wrists and throat.†   (source)
  • The two Indians were like Mutt and Jeff, like a pine tree and a mound of earth, like contrasted endocrinological types in a high-school biology book.†   (source)
  • And from now on, the basis of life is to be that inspiration which the Gospel strives to make the foundation of life, contrasting the commonplace with the unique, the weekday with the holiday, and repudiating all compulsion.†   (source)
  • Yet he could not help but contrast the diligence of the boy, who was a peddler's son, with Miriam's unconcern for an education.†   (source)
  • Beads of blood clung to her gemlike scales, the spots of red in startling contrast to the blue of her body.†   (source)
  • The Sales were a complete contrast to the hushed atmosphere of the Exchanges.†   (source)
  • He and Nasser had not spoken much, but the contrast in being alone was stark.†   (source)
  • Indeed, God can be seen most clearly in the constant transformations and contrasts of nature.†   (source)
  • Her slender figure contrasted vividly with the breadth of the flag: It was her sister, Wenxue.†   (source)
  • The contrasting temperatures of our mouths are enough to make him groan.†   (source)
  • My father's strong baritone was a contrast to Ben's tenor.†   (source)
  • By happy contrast, Hobie's whole day revolved around dinner.†   (source)
  • The red juice had erased all contrasts and all individual differences.†   (source)
  • I wondered whether he was too used to the contrast to find it dizzying.†   (source)
  • The seventeenth century was on the whole characterized by tensions between irreconcilable contrasts.†   (source)
  • "It's so abstract, so contemporary, and a really creative contrast against the antiquity."†   (source)
  • The blue of her skin contrasted shockingly with her pale pink scrubs.†   (source)
  • And yet Qurong was blending these two icons, which stood in unequivocal contrast with each other.†   (source)
  • The effect was a revolting, predatory contrast to his smiles and diplomatic speech.†   (source)
  • 'But it's the contrast that's interesting.†   (source)
  • Another voice filled the air, a contrast to the first voice: gentle, worried, human.†   (source)
  • His relaxed calm was only more amazing set in direct contrast with everyone else's reaction.†   (source)
  • I look up and see the falling flakes contrasted against the black sky.†   (source)
  • It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know?†   (source)
  • The lone pool of light looks over-bright and eerie, highlighting contrasts more than illuminating.†   (source)
  • "My sanctuary," he said, well aware of the contrast.†   (source)
  • As she turned in her jumping, Alessandro found the alternation of contrasts unbearably exciting.†   (source)
  • Don was an excellent draughts player, but his style contrasted with mine.†   (source)
  • She didn't want the feel of bright sunlight here, she decided as she added a low contrast filter.†   (source)
  • Of all the six, I find him the most complex, the most elusive study in contrasts.†   (source)
  • I still had him most of the time, and the time when he was gone … there was a contrast….'†   (source)
  • Watching him in the crowd, she realized the contrast for the first time.†   (source)
  • The bloodthirstiness of the elf's voice contrasted with the tears on his cheeks.†   (source)
  • The contrast with your hair and skin, that practical sort of dash.†   (source)
  • She looked at the faces around her, wondering: Did they see the contrast?†   (source)
  • He liked the contrast, perhaps too much.†   (source)
  • It was the contrast that had caught her eye.†   (source)
  • The rough brush of beard was a stunning contrast to the softness of his lips.†   (source)
  • A closer look would have uncovered the contrasts.†   (source)
  • A character was nothing without contrasts, strengths and weaknesses.†   (source)
  • But it is a land of extremes and remarkable contrasts.†   (source)
  • Since Cathy was an only child her mother had no close contrast in the family.†   (source)
  • The delicacy with which Owen spoke of this—and his own, physical delicacy—stood in absurd contrast to the huge, heavy slabs of rock we observed on the flatbed trucks, and to the violent noise of the quarry, the piercing sound of the rock chisels on the channeling machine—THE CHANNEL BAR, Owen called it—and the dynamite.†   (source)
  • A terrible, shameful image comes to me: Kamal with his delicate hands, his reassuring manner, his sibilant speech, contrasted with Scott, huge and powerful, wild, desperate.†   (source)
  • And the contrast made me bitter.†   (source)
  • My hand raised automatically, one finger extended as if to touch the large wooden cross, its dark patina contrasting with the lighter tone of the wall.†   (source)
  • The older women, in kitten heels, wore structured suits, with padded shoulders and silk linings in contrasting colors, and hats that looked as if they defied gravity.†   (source)
  • In his poetry, William Butler Yeats often contrasts the freedom of birds with the earthbound cares and woes of humans.†   (source)
  • "Contrast," Matthew proclaimed excitedly, as she circled the meat with her camera, getting it from every angle.†   (source)
  • Returning to the livingroom, Jean Louise found her uncle in a suppressed whirlwind of impatience, in vivid contrast to her father, who was standing casually with his hands in his pockets.†   (source)
  • With just these contrasts, the child might grow up thinking either that day and night are predictable, though not always pleasant, or that the world is chaotic, frantic, or freely evolving.†   (source)
  • Yet there was something in his eyes, strikingly blue—the color of the waters of the southern countries—and the way they contrasted with his raven-black hair that made her pause.†   (source)
  • The vast matted tangle of small boats radiates a murky cloud of yellow light that spoils the contrast.†   (source)
  • She was flushed, cheeks aflame, and even from across the crowded common I could see the startling green of her eyes contrasting with the summer heat of her face and hair.†   (source)
  • The vision of the White City and its profound contrast to the Black City drove him to write If Christ Came to Chicago, a book often credited with launching the City Beautiful movement, which sought to elevate American cities to the level of the great cities of Europe.†   (source)
  • I wanted her to feel the contrast to when Chrissie and Rodney had touched her, and I deliberately chose exactly the same spot.†   (source)
  • At times, the foliage on either side became so thick as practically to blot out the sun altogether, and one found one's eyes struggling to cope with the sudden contrasts of bright sunlight and deep shade.†   (source)
  • Burnham did find beauty in the rawness—"Among the trees of the Wooded Island the long white tents of the contractor's camp gleamed in the sun, a soft, white note in the dun-colored landscape, and the pure blue line of the lake horizon made a cheerful contrast to the rugged and barren foreground"—but he also found deep frustration.†   (source)
  • In "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" (1936), he contrasts the leopard, dead and preserved in the snow on the peak, with the writer dying of gangrene down on the plain.†   (source)
  • And what with all the comparing and contrasting of a theological nature, there was no end of religious approval for matching Dan and my mother; there was, in fact, double approval—the Congregationalists and the Episcopalians appeared to be competing for the privilege of having Dan and my mother come worship with them.†   (source)
  • In such weighty questions as to the nature of reality, Kant showed that there will always be two contrasting viewpoints that are equally likely or unlikely, depending on what our reason tells us.†   (source)
  • His black eyes were focused on her with a sharp hunger; they contrasted starkly with his salt-white hair, his pale skin, the faint flush of pink along his cheekbones.†   (source)
  • The incongruous sight of casual Western businessmen carrying attache cases and tennis rackets unnerved Jason because of the stark contrast to the uniformed guards, standing about rigidly.†   (source)
  • In my rough traveling suit, the uniform of private with the straps of a lieutenant general, I must have contrasted very strangely with a man so handsomely dressed, six feet high and of faultless form.†   (source)
  • I went in, immediately aware of how small her room looked with the dresser almost bare; the closet door open revealing empty shelves and racks; the bright spots of wallpaper where things had hung contrasting now to the faded rest of the wall.†   (source)
  • It appeared dark in the sinking sun, an appropriate contrast to the red canyon lands that butted up against it.†   (source)
  • Jefferson, by sad contrast, had died with debts exceeding $100,000, more than the value of Monticello, its land, and all his possessions, including his slaves.†   (source)
  • Anna's ideas presented a sharp contrast to what Jane had always wanted for her daughters, and though it was Anna's wedding, Jane could no more escape her beliefs than she could her own past.†   (source)
  • I picked the light one, yet still felt positively radioactive as I walked down the gray, wet sidewalk, boldly contrasting with everything around me.†   (source)
  • He liked the contrast.†   (source)
  • Benjamin's face looked colder than I'd ever seen it; the expression contrasted oddly with his boyish features.†   (source)
  • But today he sucked the sweet nectar alongside the bitter white flesh and found the contrast refreshing.†   (source)
  • It was nautical in theme, and the navy curtains provided a nice contrast to the wooden end tables and dresser.†   (source)
  • Not just because of the entertainment, but because it stood in such stark contrast with the evening before: day instead of night, a hot-air balloon ride instead of a show, a walk along carnival-like streets instead of a limousine ride, a picnic on the beach instead of dinner at a restaurant.†   (source)
  • To the extent that amelioration is happening, it's quite a contrast with the prejudice of two generations ago.†   (source)
  • She wore a heavy green velour robe, the contrast making Angela's robe of the night before seem even flimsier.†   (source)
  • One evening about the holidays, miserably wet, and offering its squalid contrast to the season, Johnnie, plodding along between the two little girls, with Pony and Milo following, met Gray Stoddard face to face.†   (source)
  • Looking at her, I was reminded how really different we were, me a redhead with pale, freckled skin, such a contrast to her black hair and blue eyes.†   (source)
  • The banquets they partook of in grand dinning rooms contrasted sharply from the cold meals they had eaten on so many occasions, and the same team that had to hitchhike to the game were now being transported in limousines.†   (source)
  • She flinched at my touch—a stark contrast to the night before when she'd sat so close to me on the couch and while I was playing the piano.†   (source)
  • Despite her tender age and complete ignorance of matters of this world, Clara grasped the absurdity of the situation and wrote in her notebook about the contrast of her mother and her friends, in their fur coats and suede boots, speaking of oppression, equality, and rights to a sad, resigned group of hard-working women in denim aprons, their hands red with chilblains.†   (source)
  • Here he lauded the Red Army's practice of leaving a field commander in his post so long as the man wanted it, and deliberately contrasted his view on this matter with the practice of imperialist navies.†   (source)
  • Marie wrapped the wide silk sash around her neck and clutched her arms to ward off the sudden, bitter cold made worse by the contrasting oppressive heat outside.†   (source)
  • Difficulties between Clinton and William Howe, the friction of the two contrasting personalities, had grown steadily worse.†   (source)
  • He'd looked more excited than the children, which made for a funny contrast with his bulging biceps, and she remembered thinking to herself that he'd be the kind of father who would make any wife proud.†   (source)
  • While the Sonagachi Project enjoyed some success in curbing AIDS, there is an intriguing contrast with the big-stick approach taken in Mumbai.†   (source)
  • In surprising contrast to the ship's staggering grandeur, a slender rope was all that tethered it to the dark rocks of Brigit's Vigil.†   (source)
  • The moon was almost full, and its bright silver light was a pretty contrast to the antique gaslights that illuminated the courtyard with their soft yellow glows.†   (source)
  • Kennedy can see why this was such a great loss to Lee, for the rolling hills look out over the river to Washington, where the fast pace and backroom deals are a drastic contrast to the quiet and peace of the cemetery.†   (source)
  • I thought of these things as minor miracles, everyday efficiencies that were such a contrast to what I'd known in Africa.†   (source)
  • Nasuada was garbed in a green silk dress that shimmered in the sun, like the feathers on the breast of a hummingbird, in bright contrast to the sable shade of her skin.†   (source)
  • And the pleasure of working with Jefferson stood in such vivid contrast to the ill will and dark suspicions Adams had had to contend with when dealing with Arthur Lee.†   (source)
  • His excited grin stretched wide across his face, the bright teeth standing in vivid contrast to the deep russet color of his skin.†   (source)
  • Johnson's vengeful policies toward the South were in direct contrast with what Lincoln had hoped for, and despite their earlier animosity toward each other, Stanton was keen to see Lincoln's wishes put in place.†   (source)
  • In contrast to the dulling colors of the rest of the ancient artwork, the calligraphed letters of the poem held the contrasting brightness of a newer addition.†   (source)
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