oxymoron
Example Sentences
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That sounds like an oxymoron: We don’t tend to expect illness or old age to create a problem in our life when we are young, but preparing for such eventualities is important.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025
But as David Nasaw’s “The Wounded Generation” makes emphatically clear, a good war is an oxymoron.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
For me, the phrase “solo show” has always kind of been an oxymoron.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024
"A permanent occupation is a legal oxymoron," said Reichler.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2024
Somehow Paris has transformed Black Lightning and me into that oxymoron Sahara and I were talking about—a combination of contradictions that take on a new meaning together.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
