at variance

ADJECTIVE
  1. not in accord
    desires at variance with his duty
    widely discrepant statements
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How To Use at variance In A Sentence

  • Young people's reactions to world events are often at variance with those of their parents.
  • Tradition and culture are often at variance with the needs of modern living.
  • Last but not least, try not to be at variance with anyone.
  • He uttered a string of oaths, so oddly at variance with his usual smooth and civilized manner.
  • The results are often at variance with the clinical diagnosis.
  • Note: All this scrupulous nicety is at variance with the decision of St. Paul about meat offered to idols, 1 Cor. x. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
  • It is evident, therefore, that we must never accept any conception of God that is contrary to what we see in Christ, and must utterly reject any view of His character or of His acts, or any statement of His relations with us as human beings, no matter how strongly upheld, which is at variance with what Christ has revealed. The God of All Comfort
  • In fact, the conclusion of our study is at variance with their assertion.
  • The research examines this conclusion since it is at variance with rational economic planning.
  • The habit of gambling engendered by it ruins the temper, depraves the morals, and keeps up a constant state of excitement at variance with any settled and serious occupation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860
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