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    1. That’s in contrast to the 35 snails that they found in growth medium that had been treated with a standard dose of metaldehyde, a common molluscicide


    2. In contrast to that spirit, listen to the apostle Paul


    3. It's not hard to spot their black fatigues in contrast with everyone else


    4. Herndon in contrast was a dashing figure of no more than thirty, though it was three hundred and eighteen Earth years from his birth


    5. ” (Note that Jesus called Himself the Son of Man in contrast


    6. We can see the contrast between David and Saul in a couple of incidents in their lives


    7. And then, in complete contrast to our whispers, he raised his voice and with a stumpy finger that had lost its tip, he pointed to the sky and sang, 'We make this drink from the sun and once you taste the fire, you will never leave


    8. was blonde in contrast to Bram’s dark colouring


    9. In contrast to the


    10. Belle recognized the nature of the unformed plea, intuitively acknowledging that a woman's practical interest in the modern achievement stood in contrast to a man's academic appreciation; she said, “If you don't mind, I'll just go and check that the twins aren't into any mischief

    11. In contrast, there were a series of newer buildings on the other


    12. In contrast, his wife was never seen in the same outfit twice and was the envy of some of the other ladies in the village for her versatility in the creation of her ensembles


    13. The front room, its bare floorboards and rugs in stark contrast to her own taste, furnished with heavy leather chairs centred on an old fireplace


    14. In contrast, Alistair seemed to be entirely blasé about the whole


    15. In contrast with the building at


    16. Titania wore a cornflower blue Moire tie-back, in contrast to Hipolyta's salmon colored one


    17. The third wagon was, by contrast, still and quiet,


    18. It was such a contrast to this life here


    19. weather – the sunshine in stark contrast to the snow and


    20. He wondered at her extraordinary tension in such contrast with her evident state

    21. It was coal black adding contrast to her gray hair and soft blue eyes, which looked as if she'd been crying for days


    22. A land of great contrast, you can also find sub-tropical pine forests, pine forests and the Himalayas


    23. In contrast the equipment she taught was pretty modern, a good representation of what you would find out there in the medium to large prosperous halls all over the city


    24. Plush, black rolls of fur covered her shoulders and neck, a striking contrast to her lips which were painted dark red


    25. The contrast is still greater when you return from France


    26. contrast with the intense green of the leaves, so


    27. In contrast, the amount of money you can make with a physical product


    28. have, in contrast, infinitely more many


    29. is a true spectacle, and the contrast with the


    30. contrast you provide between the background and the text, the more

    31. Our planet in fact is not stationary and exclusively blessed by the Divine in contrast with all other galactic spheres—much to our unjustified belittlement of them and exaltation of ourselves! In reality, the Earth spins around like one of those toy tops and travels around like one of those toy train sets, methodically and faithfully circling that hot, glowing ball in the sky that comes and goes on a daily basis, flaring up like my allergies and hemorrhoids that are just as regular and persistent as that shining, brilliant star we call the sun


    32. What I am trying to get you to experience with this exercise is a sense of your “present self,” in contrast to your self-centered self


    33. In contrast to


    34. In fact they were a stark contrast to the misery just yards beneath their feet below


    35. It was brightly lit in stark contrast to the bleak industrial landscape outside


    36. God, by contrast, is seen as the Godhead personified


    37. In contrast to his grey bristle she had softer longer fur of a light cream colour


    38. Again, it was like stepping into another world, a contrast that that would stay with Monty for some time


    39. In contrast to letters, memos do not usually contain salutations or closings, and may be typed or hand-written


    40. The main contrast between the realist and the idealist is

    41. The coolness of being inside a mountain was such a contrast from the searing heat of the outside, I never wanted to leave


    42. By contrast his short, unshaped beard was a mix of dark ginger and grey


    43. In contrast, the gnarled limbs grew in all directions


    44. A video feed of the view outside did not give much away; at a glance the stars were static, the shadows – drawn in harsh contrast from craters – always seemed as fixed and sympathetically lifeless


    45. He had just arrived and Captain Melstone was showing him round and the contrast between the Lt and his brand new uniform and the Captain who was dressed like us in a worn out one was evident


    46. From this point forward, a distinct contrast developed between that which is considered “science” through the Theory of Evolution and that of the Bible, which is said to be a purely religious view


    47. She was in a purple towelling robe, her hair slightly wild about her face; such a contrast to how he had always seen her before when so neatly made up, formal – her professional distance


    48. The grip was in such contrast to the way he'd held his beer glass in the pub that


    49. elder, in contrast to the Old Testament Levitical


    50. Objectives set by Jack never achieved in sharp contrast to his














































    1. None of the nearby stores were open yet and there was a soft morning mist that added to the eerie calm that contrasted strongly with all the fighting and explosions they had just left behind


    2. The roles of men and women in worship are contrasted:


    3. black achkan, which contrasted with his white beard and a tight skullcap of lace


    4. His Spiderman T-shirt and jeans contrasted with the


    5. castle contrasted the other fortifications Tom could see in several


    6. This contrasted neatly with


    7. which contrasted sharply with his previously sedate style of driving


    8. In fact, her beauty was even more pronounced when contrasted with the coarse, dull fabric of the robe


    9. night and contrasted beautifully with her fair arms and neck that


    10. The austerity of their manners gave them authority with the common people, who contrasted the strict regularity of their conduct with the disorderly lives of the greater part of their own clergy

    11. As our (collective) body of shared values continue to diminish under the dynamic influence of multiculturalism and where the evolution of self-contained communities, especially in our inner cities, continues mapping their (own) chartered course, such events must inevitably give rise to expanding pockets of diverse groups who, as a rule, feel more at ease in their (own) ethnic environments perceived to be culturally and socially sympathetic to their needs contrasted by ‖homogenous‖ groups who, increasingly threatened by ―foreign‖ values that provide little, if any meaning, seek refuge of their own


    12. The expression ―Feet of Clay‖ implies a transitory, material existence that is essentially weak or flawed or (otherwise) subject to decay; contrasted with spiritual existence that is eternal, everlasting and timeless


    13. Paul is speaking of natural as contrasted with spiritual cognition applied to spiritual truth, and therefore of the soul, as the organ of human cognition, contrasted with the spirit, as the organ of spiritual cognition


    14. The man, therefore, whose cognition of truth depends solely upon his natural insight is natural, as contrasted with the spiritual man to whom divine insight is imparted


    15. Contrasted with his


    16. Strange thing is that all this contrasted with the immense amount of


    17. unmarked, athletic wings contrasted with the blue sky and the


    18. Contrasted with the Godly blessed by God


    19. parable of the house built on the rock, as contrasted to the one built on the sand


    20. Martin," said Monica as she approached the secretary sitting behind the white desk, which contrasted with her sunset hair

    21. the state or quality of being dedicated to God, religion, or spiritual things or values, esp as contrasted with material or temporal ones


    22. You are the sunlight which is contrasted by the moon


    23. The color went along with her dark skin contrasted only by a huge bunch of white jasmines decking her long hair and a shyly-happy smile showing her pearl-white teeth


    24. The Pastor, who almost looked his age of twenty in a smart suit, contrasted with the reporter who was wearing a button down shirt


    25. especially when contrasted to that of the successor states of the Roman Empire


    26. Also, we contrasted our predicament with the lives of our parent friends


    27. That beaming tropical elf wore a white tunic and sandals that contrasted brightly with his black hair and skin, as did his pearl studded gold crown of office


    28. Those who are eager for wealth are contrasted with the faithful:


    29. The ROI of an EMBA is also immediate, he says, because you are learning and applying what you learn in the program, contrasted with a full-time MBA experience where the ROI comes after students leave the program and start working in that first position


    30. Each sharply contrasted the other in color,

    31. she contrasted the grey bolts and grim metal of a starship like light against darkness


    32. The man wore a black hat which contrasted with his silver hair


    33. Her long black hair ponytail contrasted with the white material


    34. the personalized arrangement of one’s own residence is often contrasted with the impersonal


    35. Dualism - an understanding of reality gained through reduction of the whole into parts or objects which are then compared and contrasted


    36. • Identification of the consequences of each output, coming to understand the purpose of the business and how it contrasted with the old business


    37. “BILL STOP THAT!” The high-pitched shouting contrasted with the deep report of the shotgun as Bill let fly 2 more blasts


    38. contrasted starkly with her dark skin


    39. Matthew remembered his pleasant jovial personality that contrasted with the firebrand sermons he used to deliver


    40. 6 The word God, the idea of God as contrasted with the ideal of God, can become a part of any religion, no matter how puerile or false that religion may chance to be

    41. No sincere prayer is denied an answer except when the superior viewpoint of the spiritual world has devised a better answer, an answer which meets the petition of the spirit of man as contrasted with the prayer of the mere mind of man


    42. Olmec was as tall as Conan, and heavier; but there was something repellent about the Tlazitlan, something abysmal and monstrous that contrasted unfavorably with the clean-cut, compact hardness of the Cimmerian


    43. His hair was thick, brushed back from a high forehead and his eyes a piercing blue that contrasted against his dark hair


    44. It stank too, of sweat and horses, heavy male musk that contrasted sharply with Blackfin’s perfume


    45. Man's aesthetic appreciation of beauty contrasted with ugliness


    46. At the bottom was a stream and the water contrasted darkly with the snow


    47. the atonement for Christians only are overwhelming contrasted with


    48. The armourer had gone to a great deal of effort to produce a first class job and the fittings included some polished brass plates on the leather shoulder straps which contrasted nicely with the polished black of the iron


    49. Irrigation water maintained the lawns and a selection of trees, which was in stark contrasted to the surrounding land which was parched and treeless


    50. Her modern look contrasted with the












































    1. It is our purpose to observe the contrasting values, and to decide for ourselves what is wanted in our physical experience


    2. ‘What about property and stuff like that?’ I asked, contrasting this to the little I know of wedding vows on Earth


    3. And so we trudged, arm in arm, dazzled by the breathtaking beauty contrasting with the pointless tragedy that had invaded our lives


    4. Her face grew pale, contrasting with the dark and threatening sea


    5. ‖ There are many ways of stating the contrasting choice that each moment offers, but the basic idea is the same: you can live from a positive life-affirming place or in a mode of negativity and protection


    6. blurred region of green and grey, the haze over the isle contrasting


    7. green of the pines and firs contrasting against the gold of the crops in


    8. thick creamy-white fat contrasting with the pink meat on the plate


    9. To dream about sex refers to the integration and merging of contrasting aspects of yourself


    10. This environment has been presenting us with contrasting choices throughout our incarnation e

    11. You can substitute different vegetables, but be sure to use ones that have contrasting colors


    12. As he got within a few metres the grounds illuminated by a bioluminescent band running under the solar- panelled roof, revealing the neatly trimmed garden, the blue-white light spilled over to reveal the contrasting wild undergrowth


    13. They were large men with brown skin and big black bushy beards their teeth flashed white as they smiled or laughed contrasting with their dark skin


    14. This is important because by contrasting


    15. As I got closer I remembered Major Melstone and I was nearly sick again I got control of myself and it was then that I noticed the Lieutenants blonde hair contrasting with the dark earth of the hole


    16. contrasting with the smooth white sheet of snow upon the roofs, and


    17. Spotlights bathed them in bright light contrasting the prevailing gloom throughout the bar, broken only by the pale glow of candles under ruby-red glass


    18. Behind her was a flash of white, contrasting with the stark darkening forest


    19. [62] Jon Landaw uses the contrasting terms "waking dream" and "sleeping dream" in FPMT Education Department, Discovering Buddhism at Home Program, "Subject Area 13: Introduction to Tantra", teachings and meditations by Jon Landaw (Portland, OR: FPMT, Inc


    20. Shoes, pants and dress shirt, suit, all black, contrasting with a silver

    21. Then comes the contrasting status of the unbeliever


    22. In Psalm 4, The writer starts by praising God, and continues by contrasting the


    23. man and his plans to our attention by contrasting everything that is us and ours to


    24. uses the first part of the verse, without also quoting the last part of this verse, that the two contrasting


    25. alive in you, contrasting the life in the flesh, which is


    26. of abundant green growth contrasting sharply with the


    27. For instance, your earlier observation contrasting my lovely grandchildren with the depraved SS would be considered garbage according to Sci–Coll, because the State's scientific research suggests the opposite


    28. Contrasting beautiful Namibia, Namibia our country


    29. During the best known negotiations of all time, those between Moses and Pharaoh, we see two contrasting positions collide


    30. field to the forest, their red and black hoodies contrasting with

    31. They settled on a watered silk look, pale cream background with broad contrasting stripes widely set, a filigree of the same shade down the middle between each set of stripes


    32. Many shops featured fairly large men dressed in fine suits standing watch outside the entrances; their quality raiments contrasting sharply with their brutish faces


    33. He is dressed in a rich-blue linen jacket and contrasting tan slacks


    34. or contrasting certain other things


    35. Contrasting between sects within a religion (Sunnis


    36. instruments in a cacophony of sounds contrasting against each other


    37. Bêlit posed picturesquely among the ruins, the vibrant life in her lithe figure contrasting strangely with the desolation and decay about her


    38. A small fishing boat, two miles away, its white outline contrasting sharply with the darkness of the heavily forested islands, was coasting steadily north


    39. The corn was being harvested with over a hundred acres a checkerboard of battered cornstalks contrasting the proud stalks standing next, totally oblivious to their fate


    40. The two distinctly contrasting forms now rotated together in this odd embrace

    41. The guys dressed conservatively in light color pants with contrasting jackets and ties


    42. Having to adjust to the contrasting conditions


    43. contrasting with the rain outside


    44. er," says Stallman, contrasting songs with software programs


    45. realization that his essay contrasting the Stallman-Torvalds


    46. Since he has no reference point of his self to gauge her feelings, he does not know how important he should consider her feelings, especially when contrasting them with his feelings


    47. Perhaps in order to make the universe as beautiful as possible there has to be suffering – sort of as a contrasting agent


    48. By contrasting themselves with the lower class, they tried to demonstrate with their relative progress that the black race deserved full rights of American citizenship


    49. Contrasting their lives and ministries provides a case study about the reasons why many African Americans do not participate in evangelical missions


    50. By contrasting the doctrinal choices of Drew and Proctor, I expose the demobilizing consequences of choosing to believe white liberals’ attacks on the Bible











































    1. But at least I was in Greece and I'd read somewhere that 'Greece always gives more than it takes', so with two weeks of immeasurable contrasts stretching out before me on my very own quest with nothing to guide me but sweet ignorance and a ferry, I drained my glass and moved out under a parasol


    2. The cause of the contrasts lays in the recent


    3. Contrasts? On the


    4. Even in that one, an example of contrasts is


    5. These contrasts have led people who believe in Creation, to come up with terms like “Creation Science” and “Intelligent Design” which is labelled by mainstream science as “pseudo-science”


    6. Laura knew her father was a man of intriguing contrasts


    7. Lennox was a study in contrasts


    8. From that height we could contemplate spectacular landscapes, with a 360º bird’s eye view of truly sensational contrasts between the silhouette of the city and the islands that surround it


    9. This contrasts the task that the Lord gave the Levite priests with the


    10. Psalm 5 opens with a plea to the Lord, and then contrasts some of the ways in

    11. Much of the rest of the Psalm contrasts the saints, or


    12. Verses 2 to 11, Paul now sums up what the law can do, and contrasts this with what the


    13. Verses 5, is one of several verses that follow where, in different ways, Paul contrasts the


    14. Verse 13 and 14, Paul contrasts the behaviour of believers with the behaviour of sinners, and


    15. In order to maximize the sensations and the contrasts between the sensations caused by the reflection of the two pieces, I will Translocate one of the pieces directly in front of you and just above you, positioned and angled so that the sunlight and your power are reflected directly onto your face, head and torso


    16. So far as your senses will be able to detect, the substitution should be instantaneous, which should also make any contrasts you perceive between the two pieces’ reflectivity as apparent as possible


    17. It contrasts beautifully with his totally white hair


    18. *The direction of “going forth” now plays a key role in the revelations, and contrasts to the coming in of the repentant exiles during the epilogue


    19. This was such a place of contrasts it rather amazed Gianni


    20. series of failed relationships and incurable contrasts

    21. This contrasts with the idea that


    22. The following list contrasts the two states and the words I've chosen to represent those distinctions


    23. contrasts, and more than anything else, she was breathtaking


    24. The low world, the lower one, which its vision fuses in green and brown spots, contrasts enormously with the immensity of the top world of infinite blue and white foam clouds


    25. Lighting was full strength spots with straw filters, creating strong, warm highlights, deep shadows, stark contrasts and discrete acting areas


    26. There would be no contrasts


    27. The program just outlined wil provide you with a continuity of contrasts


    28. “The dharma of compromise hauls the coupe of matrimony on the parallel track of contrasts


    29. The life was uncertain, dream-like, with sharp contrasts of battle, pillage, murder, and flight


    30. we obtain information that contrasts a time progression (naive extrapolation) with an

    31. contrasts sharply with a popular conception of environmentalists as people that want Health and Happiness for All


    32. feldspar matrix, and this matrix contrasts dramatically with the icy blue doubly terminated aquamarine


    33. Set in the present day in a world not our own, Mañana is a world of contrasts and amalgamations


    34. ” In his book, he contrasts this to the high ‘financial death rate’ of banks, which can systematically suspend their payments and can fail without the support of the central banks


    35. This contrasts with the torturer or sadist who, like the vampire, is pitiless


    36. They have a sense of connectedness and rootedness which contrasts sharply with the empty materialism of our society


    37. If one contrasts the young Ernest, with only his dreams and few pieces


    38. History has shown contrasts, and Namibia, the country we are so fortunate to live in, advocates the diversity of every individual


    39. He has his wits disordered by his devoted reading of chivalric romances and sets out in search of knightly adventures with his companion, Sancho Panza, whose short, fat appearance contrasts with that of Don Quixote


    40. New York City and the contrasts prove the point: humans are

    41. Witnessing these devilish visions contrasts with witnessing the facts and Godly lights through God’s messenger (cpth)


    42. In the physical world there are innumerable contrasts and these may, for convenience sake, be designated by distinctive names


    43. Suddenly the contrast mind (the mind that contrasts constantly between good and bad) arises and comments on how great the work is going on


    44. There was this force in his movement that contrasts sharply with the Ben I knew, a gentle and calculated Ben


    45. The black zigzag spine of the snake tail continues to the beast's back and contrasts with his golden reptile skin


    46. During the three years she had been his darling friend, he had become intimately acquainted with contrasts of rapture and despair which he, a quiet man, of the gentle, court-official type who in leisure moments reads the classics and is never without a little volume of Horace in his pocket, hadn't supposed existed


    47. "But I'd give up these splendid contrasts very _willingly_," she whispered, her face gone suddenly terror-stricken


    48. He enfolds her in his arms, warm and secure and most definitely real, and she contrasts the feeling of his touch, of his cheek against her hair and the moisture of his breath in the cold, with the lingering feeling that her hands are soaked in blood


    49. of exaggerated picturesqueness, with itsviolent contrasts, mingling of the sublime and vulgar, the


    50. plays, which are full of humorous contrasts, were writtenduring his residence in Spain and are,







































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    Synonyms for "contrast"

    contrast demarcation dividing line line direct contrast counterpoint foil antithesis converse comparison disparity opposition divergence dissimilarity disagreement diverge conflict deviate oppose differentiate compare set off

    "contrast" definitions

    the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared


    the act of distinguishing by comparing differences


    a conceptual separation or distinction


    the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors


    the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)


    put in opposition to show or emphasize differences


    to show differences when compared; be different