All 7 Uses of
contrast
in
The Lone Star Ranger
- …or gold rimmed, the yellow river slid slowly and majestically by, the birds sang in the cottonwoods, the horses grazed and pranced, children played and women longed for love, freedom, happiness; the outlaws rode in and out, free with money and speech; they lived comfortably in their adobe homes, smoked, gambled, talked, laughed, whiled away the idle hours—and all the time life there was wrong, and the simplest moment might be precipitated by that evil into the most awful of contrasts.†
Chpt 7 (definition 2)
- What a contrast, Duane thought, the evening of that day presented to the state of his soul!†
Chpt 8 (definition 2)
- When he spoke his expressionless face was in strange contrast with the ring, the quality, the cruelty of his voice.†
Chpt 15 (definition 1) *
- But in striking contrast to this mystery was the person, character, and cold-blooded action of Poggin and Knell, the chief's lieutenants.†
Chpt 15 (definition 1)
- Colonel Longstreth returned then, and after bidding Duane a good night, which seemed rather curt by contrast to the graciousness of the girls, he led them away.†
Chpt 15 (definition 2) *
- But his nonchalance, his air of finality, his authoritative assurance—these to Duane's keen and practiced eyes were in significant contrast to a certain tenseness of line about his mouth and a slow paling of his olive skin.†
Chpt 16 (definition 2)
- He seldom drank, and this in itself was a striking contrast to former behavior.†
Chpt 22 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (contrast as in: there is a contrast) a difference -- especially a notable difference; or the side-x-side arrangement of things that draws attention to an unmissable difference
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(2) (contrast as in: contrast their writing styles) point to differences between; or compare to show differences