Sentence examples for oddly contradictory from inspiring English sources

But his criticisms are oddly contradictory, for one minute he says, "the Tories haven't really changed.

"That optimism is related to two oddly contradictory but, in America, somehow complementary values of liberty and equality," Mr. Schulman said.

Yet their portrait of the mild-mannered, Clark Kentish president is oddly contradictory -- or not so oddly, considering that one of Latin America's enduring mysteries is its ability to accommodate opposing realities simultaneously.

His buildings often combine highly rational technical solutions with a lack of unity between conception and execution, a kind of "muddling through" that endears him to the British public but results in an oddly contradictory architecture.

This creates an oddly contradictory stance toward candidates like Mr. Bloomberg: We don't hold the office in great esteem, but hold on a second, Mr. Moneybags, what makes you think you're qualified?

We are led by a government that once again distrusts markets, embraces oddly contradictory Keynesian deficit spending and Malthusian limits to growth (except in government) and is run by a President with a deep regard for his own virtue.

But Glinda's instructions to Dorothy are oddly enigmatic, even contradictory.

Hypnotic - even with a biting wind and traffic lurching past - the slogans had an oddly calming effect, despite the contradictory viewpoints and voices they articulate.

Oddly enough, they were two contradictory types: the low-key, ultra-natural nonperformers (such as Dave Garroway, Arthur Godfrey, and Robert Q . Lewis, and the high-pressure, extroverted comics (such as Milton Berle, Jack Carter, and Jerry Lester).

Oddly enough, Syrian officials gave contradictory statements to Arab news media, possibly in a bit of public-relations face-saving: Muaffak Fathallah told Arabstoday.net that all visa paperwork was submitted to South Korea, but "after a long wait," only 13 visas returned.

Despite the vivid descriptions of the science and the setting, and the ample use of plot, character and telling details, "Rosalind Franklin" is in the end oddly colorless -- perhaps because the contradictory nature of the subject requires Maddox to keep returning to those shades of gray.