Contra

How To Use Contra In A Sentence

• Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
• Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
• I had a sirloin steak, with béarnaise and frites, which they contrarily call chips, and a bit of salad. Times, Sunday Times
• Sadly, none of a myriad of ingenious contraptions, despite inventors' claims, puts forth more energy than it absorbs.
• About 10,000 Irish patients contract the superbug each year.
• This proposed procurement is a continuation of an existing contractual agreement for the developed prototype NASA Student Ambassadors Virtual Community (NSAVC) web site. ... Curious Virtual Community Procurement - NASA Watch
• By contrast, when Procter & Gamble, the makers of Olestra, asked the FDA for permission to add its artificial fat substitute to potato chips, the controversial product was evaluated under food-additive laws.
• Deep navy, in contrast, is less demanding, and leaves a bit more colour in a blonde's cheeks.
• Some of the most popular pairings pitted contrasting advantages and disadvantages against one another.
• In July, the project came to a standstill for nine days when workers stopped to oppose the use of non-union contract labour on the site.