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7 sentences with 'opposed'

Example sentences and phrases with the word opposed and other words derived from it.


• « Many men throughout history have opposed slavery. »
opposed: Many men throughout history have opposed slavery.
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• « The Catholic armies were particularly savage in the conflict, living off the land and slaughtering those who opposed them. »
• « Since they were strongly opposed to alcohol and drug use, they wanted to show their classmates that there were healthier ways to have a good time. »
• « South Africa also sent him assistance, although he resolutely opposed apartheid. "No one can honestly say which would be better: to be killed by the Cubans, or to accept aid from South Africa," he explained in the 1980s. »
• « The Pharisees opposed them, insisting that all Jews must keep all the laws of Moses, and also preached that a messiah - a saviour - would soon come to bring about a day of judgement before Yahweh and bring about the fulfilment of the Biblical Covenant. »
• « Petrarch wrote to his friends and associates in classical, grammatically impeccable Latin (as opposed to the often sloppy and error-ridden Latin of the Middle Ages) and encouraged them to learn to emulate the classics in their writing, thought and values. »
• « The same factors that had hindered the reform of the Church before the Protestant break made it strong as an institution opposed to the new Protestant denominations: habit, ritual, organisation, discipline, hierarchy and wealth all worked to preserve the Church's power and influence. »

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