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How to use the word contradictions in a Sentence?

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Middle schoolers are a jumble of contradictions and a mystery even to themselves.

Phyllis Fagell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

At its heart, Matthew's brilliant script is both a fascinating character portrait of a troubled and fearless man full of contradictions, and a deep dive into the disruptor who used the internet to challenge and break up the American Elite's narrative, you can draw a direct line from Matt Drudge to where we are today as a country in terms of speech, both for better and worse.

Ben Hurwitz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

i am mired in a pathology of contradictions; Perfect paranoia is perfect awareness, my son says . . . & i have no trouble believing it

Andrew Gettler

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

We are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In politics, we will have equality and in social and economic rights, we will have inequality. We must remove this contradiction or else who suffer from this inequality will blow up the structure.

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

added by subodhchakranarayan1
3 years ago

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Charles Cascarilla

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

When I see Israel institute laws that recognize it as a Jewish state and does not recognize the other religions that are living in it, and we still uphold it as a democracy in the Middle East I almost chuckle because I know that if we see that any other society we would criticize it, call it out, we do that to Iran, we do that to any other place that sort of upholds its religion. And I see that now happening with Saudi Arabia and so I am aggravated, truly, in those contradictions.

Chelsea Clinton

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I firmly believe her recent testimony during trial was perjured; as was shown at trial, it was unsupported by any evidence and riddled with innumerable, dishonest contradictions.

Camille Cosby

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Comey has been caught in repeated contradictions and lies, comey broke his own rules at the FBI when he leaked documents to the press.

The RNC

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

2016 was a dramatic year for many around the world and for Jews it was a year of contradictions.

Moshe Kantor

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The cool thing about this university is that we can live in contradictions, we can hold two opposing ideas in our mind and not explode.

Princeton University junior Charlesa Redmond

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There is a dark side to all in this universe. Even this earth is dark for twelve hours in cycles. Darkness is simply absence of light, learn to be comfortable in it too. Life's wisdom grows when you experience to live in contrast and grow amidst contradictions. Let not any darkness leave you paralysed, expand your awareness switch on your inner light and be illuminised, get MickeyMized.

Mickey Mehta

added by Mickeymized
8 years ago

We can live with some contradictions until we can't.

Gary Hall

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The soul of a child is as complicated and full of contradictions as our soul is.

Janusz Korczak

added by JP03
8 years ago

This will further exacerbate contradictions and up the ante on the Internet arms race. We are concerned and worried about this.

Defence Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think it would be a big deal if it weren't for the contradictions.

Samuel Kimeu

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

You can’t really judge an actor’s abilities by their career, because the business is going to pigeonhole people into whatever turns a profit, and no artist is less in charge of how their work is presented than an actor, the appeal of Vince was that within a great naturalism, he can convey fierce intelligence, complex emotion, and a real warmth married to a real edge, strength and vulnerability and danger and humor. There are essential contradictions at work that makes him fascinating to watch.

Nic Pizzolatto

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or public discussion of such contradictions, into a proud decoration, such as are given for heroism on the battle field.

James Baldwin

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Who can tell Men?s hearts? The purest comprehend Such contradictions, and can blend The force to bear, the power to feel, The tender bud, the tempered steel.

Hindu Drama

added by anonymous
12 years ago

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.

Saint Francis de Sales

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.

Ayn Rand

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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