oppugnant

Example Sentences

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He is no boxer as Tunney was a boxer, but he is an oppugnant fighter with a fine disregard for other people's punches.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rather let us set ourselves to do that for Christ which is most oppugnant to our natural feelings.

From Around The Tea-Table by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)

He could have taken another, an oppugnant stand, as many a familiar confederate did.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

The ability to think has proved itself oppugnant to, and destructive of, the reckless desire to worship, characteristic of semi-barbarism.

From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles

He was much taken up with scientific interests; keen, intent, and somewhat oppugnant in what concerned his favourite pursuits, but unsuspicious and trustful in the ordinary affairs of life.

From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte