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
And now we request the reader to mark one mighty result of the arrangement, which no other yet set in opposition to it could possibly produce.
From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John
To stand against; to set in opposition to, as two or more objects of a like kind with a view to showing their difference.
From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Cavins, Elmer W.
How mean and selfish the human heart is when our desires are set in opposition to our duties!
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
