contrariety

Example Sentences

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He says what you wouldn’t expect; if Dyson has a pattern, perhaps it is contrariety.

From Nature

Where Dylan rambunctiously inhabits the multifarious world, Cohen more often circles the many mortal contrarieties that lie between the lovers’ bed and the altar – regularly, for him, the same thing.

From The Guardian

A profanity that the mayor of Florence used publicly to describe McDonald’s earlier this year betrayed “a belligerent contrariety,” the suit says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Sharpe shook his head as if to clear it of contrarieties.

From Literature

He lays out all of Benton’s contrarieties, argues them through, prosecuting, defending, and usually leaves them as he found them.

From New York Times