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Discover LudwigThe word "juxtaposing" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to the act of placing two or more things side by side, often to contrast or compare them to each other. For example, "The author spent the next few chapters juxtaposing the two cultures to show the stark differences between them."
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juxtaposing
verb
Present participle of juxtapose
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Power is opposed not simply by the presence of people, but by emphasising their corporeal fragility and contrasting it with mechanised brutality of war machines, or by juxtaposing the vulnerability of the individual against the might of an opposing army.
Moreover, by juxtaposing me with a sentence referring to "The AK party's opponents", my quote has not just been distorted but my opinions misrepresented.
By juxtaposing the two, Hogarth was illustrating the difference, as seen by contemporaries, between gin, a drink for the desperate and disenfranchised, and beer, a wholesome beverage for the working man.
Juxtaposing the Department for Transport's driving tips and the five-a-day plan for parents is an unfair comparison.
The media blog Gawker ran an appropriate takedown piece juxtaposing the Vice crew's reviews of their welcome banquet with a slideshow of malnourished North Korean children.
By juxtaposing paintings and prints that include portraits, pastoral scenes and romantic gatherings, it reminds visitors how technically brilliant a painter Rubens was and how engrossing a storyteller he could be.
It drew attention to a letter Mr Villaraigosa had written to Bill Clinton requesting a pardon for a cocaine dealer whose father had contributed to his campaign, but it did so by juxtaposing pictures of a crack pipe with Mr Villaraigosa's face.
His last name translates as "yeoman," sharply juxtaposing him with Mr Schwarzenberg, a blueblood from the old ruling class of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Musically, the pastoral theme nevertheless offers an exciting prospect, juxtaposing Handel, Haydn and Beethoven with Takemitsu, Tippett and Canteloube.
Instead, his virtually gestureless paintings achieved their effects by juxtaposing large areas of melting colours that seemingly float parallel to the picture plane in an indeterminate, atmospheric space.
Lepage was noted for juxtaposing multicultural elements in his plays, often to surprising effect.
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