juxtapose

Example Sentences

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Piller juxtaposes opals, garnets and pearls with less conventional materials such as tile fragments, snakeskin, bits of lava from a trip to Iceland, and bullet casings, all bound together with strips of leather or vinyl.

From Los Angeles Times

The effect of the metanarrative is to juxtapose Byron’s violent passions with the careful, repressed behavior of one who hoped to capture him in literature.

From The Wall Street Journal

In many ways, they are fundamentally juxtaposed to each other.

From Salon

The wily old fox, his patter and his influence has juxtaposed a disconnect between the board and the stands.

From BBC

The two Wales teams train side-by-side at a hotel complex west of Cardiff, a pristine rugby paddock juxtaposed with a football pitch.

From Barron's