Sentence examples for much the antithesis from inspiring English sources

He was very much the antithesis of that oil drum-bound bag of bones.

Working out used to be a leisure activity; now it's a personal responsibility, like flossing — which is pretty much the antithesis of flirty fun.

The result, she said, is "pretty much the antithesis" of what Yemenis were aspiring to when they set about overthrowing President Saleh in 2011.

With the Commonwealth games on the horizon, Glasgow's latest musical exports are pretty much the antithesis of the image the city would like to project of itself.

The teams that have troubled the Hawks this season have done so with run-and-gun corridor footy; pretty much the antithesis of the slow, stagnant movement the Dockers specialise in right now.

Very much the antithesis of Techno Bloke, Jamie Lidell is an artist who's come out from behind his set-up of analogue equipment and samplers to embrace his inner performer.

Yankovic considered it "ironic to juxtapose that with the song stylings of CSN, whose music pretty much symbolizes the antithesis of corporate America".

As we said in 1994, monarchy "is the antithesis of much of what we stand for: democracy, liberty, reward for achievement rather than inheritance".

Added to that are the productivity benefits of having happy staff, an increase in prospective clients wanting to visit, and attracting new employees: "We have a competitor – a much bigger company – who are the antithesis of us, very suit and tie.

He is perhaps the most often praised contemporary author (the laudatory quotes in the paperback of his second book, The Rings of Saturn, run to four pages), yet he is the antithesis of the much-hyped modern author.

This is the antithesis to the much-discussed HBO show Girls.