- present participle of contrast.
contrasting
Example Sentences
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A wall text identifies these contrasting expressive efforts, which are connected to the dancer’s breath, as echoing the “psychological rhythms of crying and laughing.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
“Hilton was more energized at the end, when it mattered,” said Spillane, contrasting the two Republicans.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The career trajectories of French Open finalists Mirra Andreeva and Maja Chwalinska could not be more contrasting.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
"This suggests Kank may have been an active fisher, contrasting with common portrayal of raptors as agile terrestrial predators, like Velociraptor from the Northern Hemisphere."
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
Now it welcomed her like a familiar friend, the contrasting trim above the top windows like raised eyebrows surprised to see her again.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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