athwart

Example Sentences

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It would be easier to argue that the best defense against entropy is to stand athwart any change in taste and manners, as Plato advised in the “Republic.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Caivano elaborated on Washington's various interventionist economic policies, including a number of legislative and executive measures that were initially very unpopular because they seemed to run athwart the notion of a government with limited power.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

Still, some of those standing athwart Santos’ defenestration yelling “Stop!” — or at least “Think this through” — make good points.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

The urge to stand athwart AI, yelling “stop!”

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023

Two rats to a roller, they slipped four of these under the cinder block so that they lay athwart the hole, like bars across a window.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien