Sentence examples for goes counter from inspiring English sources

"To take a complete book apart goes counter to that".

"It's definitely a 'huh' situation, because it goes counter to popular perceptions," said Kaaren Williamsen, director of Carleton College's gender and sexuality center.

"It's not only not in keeping with the vision of the redevelopment plan, but it goes counter to it and it destroys it".

This goes counter to everything the judge believes, another example of the influences destroying his Las Vegas dream, living right there across the hall from his bedroom.

This week the church lashed out, issuing its strongest reprimands yet of Italy's ruling class, deploring "behavior that not only goes counter to public decorum but is intrinsically sad and hollow".

"It goes counter to how the Web's growing, stores are declining, in the world at large, yadda yadda yadda," said Toby Lenk, the president of Gap Inc. Direct, which oversees the Athleta brand.

One circle goes clockwise and another goes counter-clockwise. 5. Let's Be Real.

Many associate pot advocacy with the "anything goes" counter-culture of the 1970s that they blame for the decline of personal responsibility.

Traffic on traffic circles goes counter-clockwise.

Part of what I was interested in was going counter to the grain of the quick take.

Mandating voting nationwide would go counter to our traditions (and perhaps our Constitution) and would encounter strong state opposition.