How to Use antithetical in a Sentence

antithetical

adjective

• The ending of the Sox-Braves game was antithetical to that.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
• Also antithetical to the rock-star archetype is that the trio prefers to live quiet, healthy lives.
  — Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• Or is the very concept of going to the Dark Side antithetical to the philosophy of the show?
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2021
• But that world of grift and greed is antithetical to the network effect.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2023
• The skills required to be successful are skills that are antithetical to the way most men were raised.
  — Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
• So that is just very antithetical to the idea of a conference venue or kind of manmade venue.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 2 May 2023
• There are so many constructs out there that are antithetical to our Black truth.
  — Veronica Wells, Essence, 7 June 2022
• The design, with one stage front-and-center, is antithetical to Twitch.
  — Catherine Sinow, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2020
• This antithetical dwelling sits at the top of a steep footpath cut into the side of Monte Tuoro, on Capri’s southeast corner.
  — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2023
• The type for whom settling for someone who doesn’t meet their needs is antithetical.
  — Tre’vell Anderson, Essence, 19 Dec. 2022
• Video games are a way to rest and relax; being stressed about my Cozy Grove island is antithetical to that entire aim.
  — Swapna Krishna, Wired, 21 Apr. 2021
• And to be honest about it, the sport is defined in its very essence by a sort of country club elitism that is antithetical to greater inclusiveness.
  — Harry Edwards, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
• But now, Tyler’s got a new god, and Clark’s museum is antithetical to his prophecy.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021
• Kuenzle knows that some skiers and climbers may view his speed records in the backcountry as antithetical to the spirit of getting outdoors.
  — Outside Online, 5 May 2022
• By the end of this quirky trip—antithetical to the concept of Us—is an unexpected but happy ending.
  — Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• That’s antithetical to what the spirit of Shakespeare and his company were about.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2022
• But since Weeksville is a monument to Black home-ownership, some saw the transfer of those leases to the city as antithetical to its mission.
  — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2021
• Uchis blends styles and genres so deftly that placing a box around her music feels antithetical to its ethos.
  — Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2023
• For some, that shift in thinking can feel antithetical to their training as soldiers.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2022
• Belonging, of course, is antithetical to the ethos of Wednesday, who’s never cared for fitting in.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 18 Dec. 2022
• Truth is, overfocusing on a few gym ideas can be antithetical to your health.
  — Andrew Heffernan, Men's Health, 12 Aug. 2022
• Paying providers based on patients’ time using the app, or even their own time in the app, is antithetical to effective mental health care.
  — Payal Marathe, STAT, 8 Dec. 2020
• But that wasn't the goal of the Jan. 6 rioters, whose mission was antithetical to democracy.
  — Star Tribune, 19 Apr. 2021
• And to rest on her laurels was clearly antithetical to her nature.
  — Sigrid Nunez, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2021
• In truth, his pitch is antithetical to how the Constitution has been understood from the founding era on.
  — Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 20 June 2022
• The move struck some observers as antithetical to Musk’s previous embrace of free speech.
  — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2022
• But these concerns are antithetical to the entire purpose of the ZEDE – the establishment of a zone where the rule of law is enforced, and property rights are secure.
  — Wayne Winegarden, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
• Musk is, in many ways, antithetical to the community many of us have formed online since the pandemic began.
  — Time, 12 Nov. 2022
• The current off-field product - a labor dispute that has canceled a week of spring training already and will cost fans at least 10 spring training games per team - is antithetical to it.
  — Chelsea Janes, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2022
• Posting large blocks of text in slideshow format is pretty antithetical to the way that Instagram has been popularly used up to this point.
  — Rachel Hawley, The New Republic, 19 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024