Sentence examples for paradoxical question from inspiring English sources

It was the kind of convoluted, paradoxical question upon which verdicts can turn, Mr. Zissou said.

But the new numbers do suggest a paradoxical question: could escalating national security crises be bolstering the president's support -- even if they are crises of his own making?

An instructional book like "Real College: The Essential Guide to Student Life" implicitly poses a paradoxical question: is this a book for people who need it or for those who don't?

One paradoxical question that "Ararat" confronts is whether it is possible to leave the past and its pain behind while retaining lessons that can be absorbed only by chewing on history's bitter residue.

A paradoxical question: how do you prepare in order to be ready for a spontaneous staycation? A. I keep an overnight bag at my desk with a change of clothes, toiletries and a phone charger, just in case.

In a telephone interview with VICE, she said that pushback from some correctional officials is not necessarily a reflection of bigotry, but can be traced to the paradoxical question of how to house trans or gender-nonconforming people in facilities that are segregated on the basis of genitalia.

Consequently, one can ask two paradoxical questions, both treated in this critical reflection.

Specifically, the model can assist in providing insight into long-standing or paradoxical questions, such as the extent of control that mitochondrial oxygen concentration and redox state exert over the rate of lactate production in the cytosol during heavy intensity exercise.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has unveiled a pot of up to $17.5 million to study so-called "provocative questions"—unsolved, paradoxical, or neglected research questions that deserve a closer look.

Koan, Japanese Kōan, in Zen Buddhism of Japan, a succinct paradoxical statement or question used as a meditation discipline for novices, particularly in the Rinzai sect.

MB: For me, that calls to mind what feels like a paradoxical set of questions surrounding why we practice in the first place.