Sentence examples for sort of contradictory from inspiring English sources

"Since 9/11 there is a sort of contradictory spirit.

"He has sort of contradictory positions that are not necessarily completely in sync with the [rightwing thinktanks] Cato Institute or the Heritage Foundation; classically conservative institutions in America.

The congressman's proposal for two separate tax systems — a flat-tax system and a loophole-filled tax system — is exactly the sort of contradictory governmental problem-solving that Hayek detested.

"For us, the challenge will be how we deal with this sort of contradictory set of facades and how do we use the resolution of that to create an exciting new interior".

He's engineering a sort of contradictory workaround for the problem of his own legendary long-windedness; he's subverting the literary genre of the book review in a way that parodies the prose poem's subversion of poetic forms; and he's making an imposing display of his own cleverness and ingenuity.

It is sort of contradictory, isn't it?

It was pointed out that she kept making all sorts of contradictory promises that she couldn't possibly keep.

But awkwardly so from the perspective of the candidates: the issue pulls Americans in all sorts of contradictory directions.

The biggest problem with hybrid companies is that they are inherently confused organisations, buffeted by all sorts of contradictory pressures.

The Music Hall is an apt environment in which to present "Koyaanisqatsi". Not only are the Music Hall's projection and sound equipment first-rate, but the theater, like the film, also has a splashy, surface grandeur to it that is open to all sorts of contradictory interpretation.

This wordless, motionless vignette, which lasts perhaps 20 seconds, is an ideal introduction to the world of "The Caretaker," a story of two brothers and an elderly derelict in close quarters, in which everything that's said and not said can be understood in all sorts of contradictory ways.