au contraire

Example Sentences

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“Using less water didn’t affect the harvest, au contraire, it actually improved the grapes’ quality.

From Forbes • Oct. 2, 2014

What is great news for the defense is also great news for the stability of the team as a whole; not that Karl W Ouimette was doing a bad job – au contraire.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2013

I don’t believe, bien au contraire, that anti-Semitism has its origins in secularism.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2012

Humans have no fear of Twinkies and cheeseburgers - au contraire - although these foods have become more dangerous to our health than anything that skitters, flits or crawls.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2010

Whenever I want to be more than ordinary in song, to be in some degree equal to your divine airs, do you imagine I fast and pray for the celestial emanation?—tout au contraire.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)