How to Use contrary in a Sentence

contrary

1 of 2 noun

• On the contrary, the loss marked the low point of the 49ers’ season.
  — Michael Lerseth, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2021
• On the contrary, Dixon views them as a chance to break out.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2022
• On the contrary, Harold was still strong in the muscle of joy.
  — Nicole Krauss, Harper's Magazine, 24 Nov. 2020
• To the contrary, our goal is to be a platform for all ideas.
  — Drew Broach, NOLA.com, 7 May 2018
• To the contrary, the two were teammates for two seasons and part of a third.
  — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 9 July 2019
• To make a statement to the contrary is a false statement.
  — Dylan McGuinness, ExpressNews.com, 18 July 2019
• To the contrary, people will pay more to wear what works for them.
  — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
• On the contrary, the rate of river time is in constant flux.
  — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
• On the contrary, most of us love their sweet yet grassy flavor.
  — Susan Russo, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 May 2017
• On the contrary, Allen will have known this day was coming.
  — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2020
• On the contrary, the whole point is that business on its own can make the world a better place.
  — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2020
• Mike Brown might be right, even as the evidence mounts to the contrary.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 2 Sep. 2017
• But, Stover wrote, a search of her phone found evidence to the contrary.
  — Monivette Cordeiro, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Apr. 2022
• On the contrary, for the first time in well over a decade, Brazil looked like a vibrant modern side.
  — Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, 7 July 2018
• On the contrary, the team set scoring records from their opening match.
  — Liz Clarke, The Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2019
• On the contrary, people stopped to listen, or gave him a thumbs up.
  — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 May 2020
• Despite the cliché to the contrary, there are plenty of bad questions.
  — Marcello Fiocco, The Conversation, 2 Nov. 2020
• On the contrary — you'll be remembered as a man who stood by change.
  — Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
• To the contrary, the entire court agreed that Congress has the power to renege on treaties.
  — WSJ, 25 Apr. 2022
• And no evidence to the contrary is going to change your mind.
  — Brian Straus, SI.com, 30 June 2018
• On the contrary, it’s very pro-women and pro-women’s rights.
  — Kristi Belcamino, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2017
• Despite claims to the contrary, the pandemic is not over.
  — Jay Baruch, STAT, 10 Nov. 2022
• On the contrary, the music was the best critique of the barbarism that surrounded it.
  — Adam Kirsch, The New York Review of Books, 10 Feb. 2022
• Even his own campaign’s polling data to the contrary could not sway him.
  — New York Times, 31 Dec. 2020
• On the contrary, the tide lately has been in the other direction.
  — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
• The school's own report proved it (despite them saying to the contrary).
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2021
• On the contrary, more women will be trapped in poverty.
  — Vangela M. Wade, Time, 17 May 2022
• On the contrary, we as men should be embracing that more.
  — Mikelle Street, Teen Vogue, 13 Aug. 2018
• Magic is not often counted among the fine arts by outsiders, but Tamariz makes a strong case to the contrary.
  — Shuja Haider, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2023
• To the contrary, a nation facing real threats can’t afford such agitprop.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 29 Dec. 2022

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contrary

2 of 2 adjective

• The boat sailed against a contrary wind.
• We had contrary opinions on the issue.
• Without contrary evidence, the jury will find her guilty.
• Contrary weather impeded the rescue efforts.
• But, contrary to what some may think, wild parsnip is not.
  — Donna Vickroy, Daily Southtown, 28 July 2017
• And contrary, to the post's claim, endowments are taxed.
  — Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2022
• Do your own research and your own thinking, and don’t be afraid to have a contrary view.
  — Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2021
• Vendor wars to the contrary, tamales were not solely street food.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2021
• There is simply no contrary view of the war to be seen or heard in Russia's mass media.
  — Jill Dougherty, CNN, 3 Apr. 2022
• On the contrary, much of this is domestic and almost all of this is legal.
  — Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, The New Republic, 22 June 2021
• But those facts have not stopped contrary claims from spreading both on and offline.
  — Emma Frances Bloomfield, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2020
• Contrary to myth, talking about suicide cannot plant the idea in someone’s head.
  — Linda Blackwell Simmons, star-telegram, 23 Aug. 2017
• It was driven by a very contrary woman, and Mike Tyson was in the passenger seat.
  — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 14 July 2022
• The three-cueing system is one of those contrary practices.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2023
• False and misleading narratives to the contrary need to stop.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 14 Jan. 2021
• That was the biggest decision, because that was the most contrary.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2022
• Your best friend or business partner might refuse to do your bidding, just to be contrary.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2020
• Nor does the tape show, contrary to many press reports, that the safety of any cast member was ever in jeopardy.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 27 June 2017
• The expectation—which could be wrong in a state as contrary as New Hampshire—is that Hassan will eke it out in the end.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2022
• Almost every teen wants to trust adults and tell them the truth; assume that of your stepson, even in the face of contrary evidence.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
• Musk’s claims to the contrary point to an increasingly unstable house of cards.
  — David Trainer, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• On the contrary, many women who moved away from Guet Ndar have become unemployed, no longer able to dry or sell the fish coming in from the beach each day.
  — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2022
• But there are more than a few areas in which the two men, using the same approaches, reached contrary conclusions.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 15 June 2023
• Contrary to common belief, Lloyd’s isn’t an insurer, or even a company in the usual sense of the word.
  — Michelle Weber, Longreads, 1 Aug. 2017
• While redheads have less melanin in their skin, contrary to popular belief, not all of them have freckles.
  — Lauren Valenti, Marie Claire, 31 Mar. 2017
• Contrary to the old belief that light, colored ink was hard to remove, Dr. Adams assured me that all hues will now disappear.
  — Lauren Chan, Glamour, 26 July 2017
• On the contrary, long nails are trending this winter; a look rarely achieved without enhancement.
  — Taylore Glynn, Marie Claire, 10 Dec. 2020
• But as proof of Bellow’s contrary supremacy the point is not exactly clinching.
  — Calum Marsh, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2018
• But it was followed by contrary verdicts in similar cases against Led Zeppelin and Ed Sheeran.
  — Emilia David, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2023
• When contrary information did materialize, Mr. DeSantis and his lawyers dismissed or ignored it, the records show.
  — Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023

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