diametrically opposed
Example Sentences
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Is it possible to prevent an heir from spending their inheritance on things to which we are diametrically opposed?
From MarketWatch • Feb. 16, 2026
Their opinions may be diametrically opposed but they are held with equivalent zeal.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
But Donaldson sees these videos as pragmatic; making money and promoting charitable causes, he and his team would argue, are not diametrically opposed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
But Fabbro’s wistful salute to bygone traditions has significant limitations, especially noticeable in the reductive design of his diametrically opposed main characters.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025
Whether even a heroic level of leadership stood any chance was uncertain because—and here was the cruelest irony—the effort to make the Revolution truly complete seemed diametrically opposed to remaining a united nation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
