Sentence examples for contrary stance from inspiring English sources

Again the fugitive takes a contrary stance.

Saying the "unsayable" is the clearest possible way of signalling this contrary stance.

But, true to form, this deep-thinking and slightly cosmic, tale-spinning writer chose a more defiant, or contrary, stance.

His is an unpopular and contrary stance when measured against the judgment of groups like the National Academy of Sciences.

But Mr. Putin made his contrary stance graphically plain before the summit meeting, at a Sunday meeting in London with Mr. Cameron.

Modernists, on the other hand, garnered admiring adjectives such as "unyielding" and "uncompromising," their contrary stance imbued with political as well as aesthetic implications.

Both men were also pressed on Pence's contrary stances to Trump on issues including Muslim immigration, the Iraq war and the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

Common Cause and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed a complaint against Attorney General John Ashcroft, maintaining that he committed an ethics violation by taking a position contrary to the stance that federal prosecutors have taken in a case still unresolved.

But as Ms. Quinn seeks the Democratic nomination for mayor, she has appeared far more willing to adopt stances contrary to Mr. Bloomberg's position.

It also opposes mandatory vaccination as "equivalent to human experimentation," a stance contrary to requirements in every state and recommendations of major medical organizations and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

While it's not always easy to stake out a stance contrary to almost everybody else, I'm entirely comfortable being a solitary voice of adulation for the licorice panna cotta.