set in opposition
Example Sentences
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Mr Brilliant says Harrods’ managers were set in opposition to each other and then expected to keep a watchful eye on their rivals.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2024
History tells us that Elizabeth and Mary were cousins set in opposition by their clashing religions, their royal parentage and their mutual desire to rule Britannia.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2011
The prophets also set in opposition to their own traditional ritual religion a doctrine of righteousness, by which religion was made ethical.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
But self hatred and enmity is nothing so deformed and abominable, as for the creature's will to be set in opposition to the holy will of him that made it.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
The timid and the half-hearted may not yet be safely set in opposition, perhaps," answered Captain Morgan, "and Congress is beset with many difficulties.
From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Caldwell, Willie Walker
