How to Use vice versa in a Sentence

vice versa

adverb
  • Bond yields fall as prices rise, and vice versa.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • When bond prices fall, their yields rise, and vice versa.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Bond yields – rates – fall when prices rise, and vice versa.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Pull two branch tips up and one branch tip down, or vice versa.
    — Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
  • So many wrong turns that seem so right at the time, and vice versa.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Heid’s pals are Arch’s pals and vice versa.
    — Grace Raynor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Will the ‘haves’ play nice with the ‘have-nots’ — and vice versa?
    — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2020
  • And Amelia kind of shot her down, and vice versa.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
  • There’s shared space, but at times the house will be ours, and vice versa.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2026
  • His view of the game could never be his and vice versa.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The goal isn’t to convince him of your view, or vice versa.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The amino acids missing from beans are found in rice and vice versa.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The customer was now in charge of the firm, not vice versa.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Don’t plant thirsty plants into dry beds nor vice versa.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • When the heat is on, cooling can’t be turned on and vice versa.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2026
  • No other adult who could play bad cop to her good cop, or vice versa.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • His teammates dug him, and vice versa.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Even worse is when problems at work don’t stay at work, and vice versa.
    — Steve Strauss, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Sainvil would sometimes call just to check-in and say hi, and vice versa.
    — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
  • But what works for one person is not going to work for me and vice versa.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
  • The dancing has to come through the action rather than vice versa.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 30 May 2024
  • Foliage Hue can change your scene from spring to fall and vice versa.
    — PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Some people think the show is harder on him than the books and vice versa.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The best kneeling chair is one that adjusts to you, not vice versa.
    — Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 15 Mar. 2021
  • In certain lights, many of the greens look like ginger and vice versa.
    — Danielle Bernabe, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2022
  • But his love for the family and vice versa was worth more than five cents.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • As goes the mall, so goes the department store - and vice versa.
    — Nikki Baird, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Lower-basin states want upper-basin ones to use less and vice versa.
    — Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Your tops should match with almost all your bottoms, and vice versa.
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
  • When times were good, both moved upwards in tandem, and vice versa.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026

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