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
• The concept might at first sound antithetical; isn’t the whole point of hotpot to cook the food yourself?
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018
• Or is the very concept of going to the Dark Side antithetical to the philosophy of the show?
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2021
• Some critics said a few of the honorees were antithetical to what the justice stood for.
  — Minho Kim, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• 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
• Lining your truck bed with carpet might seem a bit antithetical to the whole idea of owning a pick-up.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2019
• The idea of self-care may be antithetical to the city’s heritage, but these treatments don’t exactly take their cues from the ashram.
  — Andrea Bennett, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2020
• There are so many constructs out there that are antithetical to our Black truth.
  — Veronica Wells, Essence, 7 June 2022
• But to make such an investment, Trump will need to embrace ideas that are antithetical to the GOP’s main projects.
  — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 26 Oct. 2017
• The concept of a free market has always been antithetical to the idea of justice.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 11 May 2017
• 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
• Yet those two teams couldn’t be more antithetical, and their differences highlight just how much the game has evolved.
  — C Jackson Cowart, charlotteobserver, 21 June 2017
• 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
• In an online petition, students said Cornyn's views were racist and antithetical to the beliefs of many of the students there.
  — Cleve Wootson, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2018
• If so, that would seem antithetical to the ethos that made Nike so successful as a company.
  — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 3 June 2018
• 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
• Basically, the whole idea of an uppercut was antithetical to what he’d been taught for his first 10 years in the majors.
  — Dave Sheinin, The Denver Post, 2 June 2017
• 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
• There are social costs to men doing more care, which has long been considered antithetical to masculinity.
  — Elissa Strauss, CNN, 14 June 2024
• For an event designed to bring the entire world together for a few weeks in the name of international sportsmanship, the disparate nature of the typical athlete’s experience was antithetical to the spirit of the Games.
  — Meredith Heil, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024