How to Use paradox in a Sentence

paradox

noun

• It is a paradox that computers need maintenance so often, since they are meant to save people time.
• As an actor, he's a paradox—he loves being in the public eye but also deeply values and protects his privacy.
• Experts say that paradox seems to lie at the heart of jhana.
  — By Naina Bajekal / Applegate, Calif., TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
• The greatest team in baseball this season is also something of a paradox.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 18 May 2022
• Ultimately he is led to a paradox, which might serve as the novel’s central thesis.
  — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 17 June 2022
• That paradox and sense of personal choice is also a hallmark of Hall's writing.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 June 2022
• That kind of captures the paradox and complexity of this industry.
  — Serena Puang, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2022
• The butterflies are a metaphor for the paradox that the world is burning down in a post-apocalyptic scene, but there is still evidence of life.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 12 May 2022
• Aries March 21 – April 19 Being busy and having fun at the same time isn’t a paradox.
  — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
• Popescu, Aharonov and Rohrlich exposed the paradox using a thought experiment.
  — Katie McCormick, Quanta Magazine, 16 May 2022
• By some strange and unteachable paradox, their handling of action, however kinetic, leaves a residue of rumination.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
• Muna is embracing contradictions, like the push-and-pull of desire, relationships to gender and the central paradox of crying on the dance floor.
  — Sasha Urban, Variety, 27 June 2022
• Europe’s energy strategy and the deluge of interest and investments for Africa present a paradox.
  — Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 30 June 2022
• Yet amid all of this austerity, there's bit of a paradox in which consumers are willing to spend on one category that's decidedly non-essential: little pick-me-ups.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 2 June 2022
• The defining moment went viral: the cheekiness and unpredictability of the post showcased the paradox of pole dancing and the Ivy League.
  — Karin Eldor, Forbes, 15 June 2022
• The paradox has reached its height in the weeks since the election.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 11 Dec. 2020
• The query is known around the world as the Fermi paradox.
  — Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 22 June 2018
• The paradox is that the head of D.H.S. can rarely please anybody.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
• The health and quality of life paradox is the fourth trend.
  — Frank Van Gansbeke, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• Inside, are the steps to take should the paradox occur.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 22 June 2022
• The wrong response to this paradox would be to step away from progress.
  — Frank Lavin, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
• Ravenna, a jewel in the midst of a marsh, was a place of paradox.
  — Anthony Kaldellis, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
• Twist, Push, and Pull This paradox of choice isn’t new.
  — Bengt Halvorson, Car and Driver, 22 Mar. 2018
• This paradox makes both the film and the book more textured, knotted.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021
• To love someone and then to kill them is a big paradox.
  — Stacey Wilson Hunt, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
• All of which means the benzene ring is something of a paradox.
  — Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
• The paradox lies in that premise, though, Prescott and his brothers explained.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2019
• This is both a frustration and a paradox to people who try to get them to the polls.
  — Jeremy W. Peters and Yamiche Alcindor, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2016
• Sticking with onions, a quick flip through the books on my desk revealed the prevalence of the paradox.
  — Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 22 May 2024
• While that might seem like a paradox — how can a cleanser not contain soap?
  — Ella Cerón, Teen Vogue, 13 Nov. 2018

Last Updated: 15 Sep 2024