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.
  • My job was to show that paradox.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Emery has a squad that sits in a paradox.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • And that’s the paradox of the show.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That gets to one of the core paradoxes of the strike.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 May 2026
  • This paradox is discussed in many books but solved in very few.
    — Ronald C. Lasky, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2014
  • This is the paradox of modern life.
    — Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • That paradox is central to the film.
    — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The paradox has reached its height in the weeks since the election.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The wrong response to this paradox would be to step away from progress.
    — Frank Lavin, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • That’s the strange paradox of this moment.
    — Natalie Unterstell, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
  • This summer has been a paradox.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
  • While that might seem like a paradox — how can a cleanser not contain soap?
    — Ella Cerón, Teen Vogue, 13 Nov. 2018
  • That is where the paradox resides.
    — Andreas Schweitzer, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • This is the checker’s paradox, too.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • This was the real paradox of the Knicks.
    — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • This is the paradox of profit in a free market.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
  • All of which means the benzene ring is something of a paradox.
    — Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Burke gets some heavy digs in at all the paradoxes of tradwifery.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
  • Ravenna, a jewel in the midst of a marsh, was a place of paradox.
    — Anthony Kaldellis, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The profit paradox, as it is known, has sparked a lot of debate.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • This paradox makes both the film and the book more textured, knotted.
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021
  • That paradox is central to Swift’s gestalt.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe this is a paradox that will live forever, even if the band doesn’t.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Fox, who turns 62 next month, is living a life of supreme paradox.
    — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2023
  • That’s the strange paradox of collapses in sports.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Teach leaders to hold paradox, not resolve it.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • This forms what Van de Peer calls the polyploidy paradox.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 19 May 2026
  • But the stress-success paradox is real.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

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