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How to use the word juxtaposition in a Sentence?

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His juxtaposition of accomplishment and goodness is unbelievably rare, he’s some sort of superhero meets Florence Nightingale. – Fyodor Urnov	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I wanted to see how some of my friends are coping now under The Taliban rule, there is also always the curiosity to see how the real situation at hand is, in juxtaposition to what we all see and hear in Western media. – Kristijan Iličić	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The juxtaposition of our friendly visitor and galaxies hundreds of millions of light-years away really conveys how enormous our universe is, this comet started its journey in the most distant parts of our Solar System and may even leave the Solar System entirely after this visit, so capturing this historic event has been extraordinary. – Imran Sultan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The delta, with its diverse sedimentary rocks, contrasts beautifully with the igneous rocks -- formed from crystallization of magma -- discovered on the crater floor, this juxtaposition provides us with a rich understanding of the geologic history after the crater formed and a diverse sample suite. For example, we found a sandstone that carries grains and rock fragments created far from Jezero Crater. – Ken Farley	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I was strolling on the beach of Santa Maria del Focallo, near Pozzallo, and I knew that the Danish ship was( and still is) on the backdrop, i took the video to show the juxtaposition between two worlds. I thought it was a highly symbolic scene. – Roberto Brumat	Found on CNN 5 years ago
While we cannot explain the reason for her behavior, the juxtaposition of a previously-wild orca against the stark backdrop of the park’s performance area is unsettling, to say the least. – The Dolphin Project	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
He was basically juxtaposing pictures that seemed to tell a story when put side by side, either one dancer's movement led into the other picture or maybe there was a relationship between the dancers' shapes. ... He had a design strategy of pairing images that became very exciting, because the connotation of (one) picture could be expanded by the juxtaposition to another picture. – Lois Greenfield	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Photographing rituals of celebration has always intrigued me -- whether it be worlds of fashion, art, or sports -- but the last three days were my first foray into the political scene, i loved it! The juxtaposition of two American traditions -- the political race and the state fair -- provided ample opportunity for me to make photographs that express my point of view. – Photographer Landon Nordeman	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There is something perfect to be found in the imperfect: the law keeps balance through the juxtaposition of beauty, which gains perfection through nurtured imperfection. – Dejan Stojanovic	added by anonymous 11 years ago
The anatomical juxtaposition of 2 orbicularis oris muscles in a state of contraction. – Dr. Henry Gibbons	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Good humor is a paradox. The unexpected juxtaposition of the reasonable next to the unreasonable. – Helitzer	added by anonymous 13 years ago
There is only one way in which a person acquires a new idea; by combination or association of two or more ideas he already has into a new juxtaposition in such a manner as to discover a relationship among them of which he was not previously aware. – Francis A. Carter	added by anonymous 13 years ago
I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning , or destroyed it altogether. – Alfred North Whitehead	added by anonymous 14 years ago

His juxtaposition of accomplishment and goodness is unbelievably rare, he’s some sort of superhero meets Florence Nightingale.

– Fyodor Urnov

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I wanted to see how some of my friends are coping now under The Taliban rule, there is also always the curiosity to see how the real situation at hand is, in juxtaposition to what we all see and hear in Western media.

– Kristijan Iličić

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The juxtaposition of our friendly visitor and galaxies hundreds of millions of light-years away really conveys how enormous our universe is, this comet started its journey in the most distant parts of our Solar System and may even leave the Solar System entirely after this visit, so capturing this historic event has been extraordinary.

– Imran Sultan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The delta, with its diverse sedimentary rocks, contrasts beautifully with the igneous rocks -- formed from crystallization of magma -- discovered on the crater floor, this juxtaposition provides us with a rich understanding of the geologic history after the crater formed and a diverse sample suite. For example, we found a sandstone that carries grains and rock fragments created far from Jezero Crater.

– Ken Farley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I was strolling on the beach of Santa Maria del Focallo, near Pozzallo, and I knew that the Danish ship was( and still is) on the backdrop, i took the video to show the juxtaposition between two worlds. I thought it was a highly symbolic scene.

– Roberto Brumat

Found on CNN
5 years ago

While we cannot explain the reason for her behavior, the juxtaposition of a previously-wild orca against the stark backdrop of the park’s performance area is unsettling, to say the least.

– The Dolphin Project

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

He was basically juxtaposing pictures that seemed to tell a story when put side by side, either one dancer's movement led into the other picture or maybe there was a relationship between the dancers' shapes. ... He had a design strategy of pairing images that became very exciting, because the connotation of (one) picture could be expanded by the juxtaposition to another picture.

– Lois Greenfield

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Photographing rituals of celebration has always intrigued me -- whether it be worlds of fashion, art, or sports -- but the last three days were my first foray into the political scene, i loved it! The juxtaposition of two American traditions -- the political race and the state fair -- provided ample opportunity for me to make photographs that express my point of view.

– Photographer Landon Nordeman

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There is something perfect to be found in the imperfect: the law keeps balance through the juxtaposition of beauty, which gains perfection through nurtured imperfection.

– Dejan Stojanovic

added by anonymous
11 years ago

The anatomical juxtaposition of 2 orbicularis oris muscles in a state of contraction.

– Dr. Henry Gibbons

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Good humor is a paradox. The unexpected juxtaposition of the reasonable next to the unreasonable.

– Helitzer

added by anonymous
13 years ago

There is only one way in which a person acquires a new idea; by combination or association of two or more ideas he already has into a new juxtaposition in such a manner as to discover a relationship among them of which he was not previously aware.

– Francis A. Carter

added by anonymous
13 years ago

I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning , or destroyed it altogether.

– Alfred North Whitehead

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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