juxtapose

[ US /ˌdʒəkstəˈpoʊz/ ]
[ UK /d‍ʒˈʌkstɐpˌə‍ʊz/ ]
VERB
  1. place side by side
    The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors
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How To Use juxtapose In A Sentence

  • I could continue this yo-yo description of euroland affairs were it not that I will run out of good news to juxtapose against the bad. Euroland Should Prepare for More Ups and Downs in Its Yo-Yo Economy
  • This series is characterised by perfect realism juxtaposed with wild imagination.
  • He painted Avlekete, the Fon spirit of the sea, outside, next to the wall of juxtaposed African and African Diaspora Vodun symbols.
  • These sculptures, and others, are juxtaposed with coins, medals, gems, seals, enamels, ivory carving, a cassone, a parade shield, moulded leather and even a waffling iron.
  • It is unnecessary to juxtapose the legal and relational aspects of covenant theology. In all three covenants, personal relations are premised upon just legal relations.
  • His concertos are made up of strings of juxtaposed contrasting movements (between four and six per concerto) and you sense that he could go on adding more gigues, sarabandes and gavottes without damaging the overall structure.
  • An image of a taxi-clogged street is set against one of smiling boys in an alleyway; an aerial view of straight avenues, traffic circles, and high-rises is juxtaposed with one of the honeycombed streets of the old town.110 Bloodlust
  • Myth and Manpower" at the jewel-box sized Craft and Folk Art Museum packed in a show that takes artwork from California fruit label boxes and marketing and juxtaposes them with artwork cultivated for use as protest posters for United Farm Workers. Wyatt Closs: Worker Worthy Standouts: Part 5 - Art & Books
  • So once again they manage to juxtapose the puissant music with the borderline puerile ideas, ensorcelling you before dropping you with an abrupt thud.
  • This pattern is repeated in time: in the cult of Christ as the "son'' he is the "intercessor" and savior juxtaposed to the avenging, punishing father.'' Indic Ideas in the Graeco-Roman World
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