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How to use the word antithetical in a Sentence?

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Obviously, the alleged incident is absolutely antithetical to our fraternity's ideals and values. We will provide more comment upon the conclusion of the investigations.

Jonathan Pierce

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It really is antithetical to most fair-minded people and jurists to allow this old defense to potentially let someone off scot-free.

Daniel Rose

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The attitude expressed by Dr. Patterson in that email is antithetical to the core values of our faith and to SWBTS.

Kevin Ueckert

Found on CNN
5 years ago

They are looking for someone who is antithetical to him. Someone they can trust, someone who is devoted to the state, and someone who seems clean and immune from scandal, they want a governor who will bring in new kinds of industry and new pockets of growth.

Julian Zelizer

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

In addition to the question of public safety, a weapon in a classroom environment is antithetical to the idea and mission of post-secondary education.

Robert Trammell

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You have to recognize that what President Obama represents is an ideology that is antithetical to the ideology of most people in the Republican Party. And I don't think it has anything to do with race, i mean, Hillary (Clinton) represents that kind of ideology also, and they'll say it's because she's a woman. I mean, any guy who represents that kind of ideology is going to evoke exactly the same types of criticism.

Darrell Issa

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Clearly this raises serious questions that we have to raise directly with the Saudi government, we have governments we work with on a number of issues whose policies and values are antithetical to ours, to be just blunt about it. And yet who also have certain interests with us that we are involved in.

Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We have governments we work with on a number of issues whose policies and values are antithetical to ours, to be just blunt about it. And yet who also have certain interests with us that we are involved in.

Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

In some ways dance and photography are antithetical. Because (dance) happens in 360 degrees of space, according to musical intervals, a choreographed dance has to be performed in sequence; it's not just isolated movements. But I'm extracting one split second, which nonetheless kind of represents a sequence or is like a split-second dance.

Lois Greenfield

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Muslims go contrary to my beliefs, it’s antithetical to the idea of freedom.

William Minor

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I ’m Amalia Deloney. I love Charlotte. Like most people, I want to feel like this is home and I belong. And in so many ways I do, which is why it was so shocking and disturbing when I saw the statues in front of Hot Taco because it’s completely antithetical to my entire experience in Charlotte.

Amalia Deloney

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The focus on them is going to shine a spotlight on an array of issues that are not only antithetical to many Americans, but on economic issues. Their policies are horrendous.

Joel Benenson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It’s time for the American people to look beyond that and say, ‘ Is this what we want for a free society ? Do we really need a NSA ? Do we even need a Patriot Act ? ’ My argument is we don’t. These are antithetical to a free society.

The Hill

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Some Muslims...[have] sat quietly by as the Islamic State uses brutal violence that is not antithetical to Islam and only objects on tactics.

Rick Santorum

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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