6 sentences with 'opposite'
Example sentences and phrases with the word opposite and other words derived from it.
• « Then she returned to the boards in New York to play the role of Guinevere in Camelot, opposite Richard Burton, who played King Arthur. »
• « In 800, Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope, Leo III. Although Charlemagne's biographers claimed that this came as a surprise to Charlemagne, it was quite the opposite; Charlemagne completely dominated Leo III and sought to use the prestige of the imperial title to cement his power. »
• « Ironically, the two most powerful states in Europe during the following century were absolutist France and its political opposite, Europe's first great constitutional monarchy, the United Kingdom of Great Britain. »
• « It is the opposite of deductive reasoning, which starts with a known theory and then tries to prove that the observations fit it. »
• « In Eastern Europe, the opposite is true: while the post-war order of command economy, communism and authoritarian one-party rule was maintained almost until the 1980s, in the end the whole system imploded, with lasting consequences for the region and the world. »