How to Use yin in a Sentence

yin

noun
  • His science writing is a kind of yang to my yin.
    — Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Yasur is the yin to the yang of the island's trees.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • Two green lions paw at an orange yin-yang, below a big yellow sun with rays of blue and red.
    — Wired, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The sharp black triangles of their dorsal fins felt like the yin to the yang of the white sails dotting the sound.
    — Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024
  • Each is the yin to the other’s yang, helping and annoying each other.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Cauliflower also gets a lift from a yin-and-yang approach — hot sauce and maple syrup.
    — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 14 June 2018
  • One of traditional medicine’s central tenets is the balance of yin and yang within the body.
    — Sandy Ong, The Atlantic, 7 June 2017
  • Opposite Gaga is Driver, the yin to her yang, tall, reserved and sober.
    — Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Not different in the diametrical yin-to-their-yang kind of way.
    — al, 8 July 2022
  • Stay after class or double up for a couple of classes (a flow followed by a yin, for example).
    — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2025
  • For a while, the two characters go at each other with a yin-and-yang of toxic intolerance.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
  • Look, these are difficult balancing acts, and the yin and the yang of this is that there's some degree of trade-off between wages and jobs.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2023
  • At a wedding, dragon and phoenix imagery is the classic way to embody the yin-yang of female and male energy.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Sep. 2019
  • But what about neuromodulators like Xeomin or Botox—the yin to fillers’ yang?
    — Jolene Edgar, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Dec. 2022
  • As Gugu sat by, Qing Yuan was told that an imbalance in his yin and yang had created too much yin qi in him.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This yin-and-yang pair most definitely has a lot of love to give each other, as they can be seen snuggling with one another every night.
    — The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2021
  • The viewpoint is that the yin and the yang of intelligence are inseparable.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The tart and fruity dressing was the yin to the yang of the hearty mixture of heavy ingredients, creating balance in the salad.
    — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 25 June 2021
  • For example, warm lighting paired with an accent armchair or a painting to bring in a splash of color to your room balances out the yin with the yang.
    — Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2024
  • There was a good yin and yang balance to the beer, alternating between lipsmacking apricot and tangy sourness.
    — Todd Haefer, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2017
  • Mvula, inspired by a former dominant male leopard in the region, is the yin to Karula’s yang.
    — Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2024
  • Triple slits therefore represent the yin and the yang of physics research—both fundamental and functional.
    — Urbasi Sinha, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2020
  • The past few episodes have set up Carol and Morgan as a yin and yang of apocalypse coping, a divide that’s a bit too tidy for my taste.
    — Jeremy Egner, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2016
  • Yin is a past chief of staff to Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation.
    — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2017
  • Yin is a past chief of staff to Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation.
    — David Klepper, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2017
  • Its lavish tasting menu, a parade of intricate small plates, is a fine-dining yin to Chez Noir's bistro-esque yang.
    — Lizbeth Scordo, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Deb was the yin to Tiff’s yang, the Beatles to her Stones, the Shirelles to her Shangri-La’s.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Not a bro hug, but a full chest-to-chest embrace, Kelli’s Ray-Bans against Buckley’s yin-yang earlobe plugs.
    — Washington Post, 5 June 2018
  • Three Stone Wizard graphics are embroidered over the forefoot, and a yin-and-yang metal badge is affixed to the collar.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Allen compares his time studying music at Brigham Young University to a yin-and-yang symbol.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Mar. 2022

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