How to Use antithetical in a Sentence

antithetical

adjective
  • But that world of grift and greed is antithetical to the network effect.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2023
  • There are so many constructs out there that are antithetical to our Black truth.
    — Veronica Wells, Essence, 7 June 2022
  • 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 type for whom settling for someone who doesn’t meet their needs is antithetical.
    — Tre’vell Anderson, Essence, 19 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Some critics said a few of the honorees were antithetical to what the justice stood for.
    — Minho Kim, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The skills required to be successful are skills that are antithetical to the way most men were raised.
    — Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
  • After all, spelling out what his work means would be antithetical to the work itself.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Truth is, overfocusing on a few gym ideas can be antithetical to your health.
    — Andrew Heffernan, Men's Health, 12 Aug. 2022
  • For some, that shift in thinking can feel antithetical to their training as soldiers.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 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
  • And to rest on her laurels was clearly antithetical to her nature.
    — Sigrid Nunez, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2021
  • But to compromise would be antithetical to the spirit of the group.
    — Steve Donofrio, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • And asking to be paid for that is antithetical to the privilege of playing for your country.
    — Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • This is antithetical to the kind of law and order the nation needs and that Trump is trying to enforce.
    — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • This is antithetical to every survival instinct in your body.
    — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • If so, that would seem antithetical to the ethos that made Nike so successful as a company.
    — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 3 June 2018
  • Whereas pain is a primary mode of these antithetical impulses, as are hate, fear, anger and shame.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • That's antithetical to the promise in the field, the purpose of these categories.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • The move struck some observers as antithetical to Musk’s previous embrace of free speech.
    — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 2 Dec. 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

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