Sentence examples for stark contradiction from inspiring English sources
"stark contradiction" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is commonly used to describe a strong and glaring contrast or disagreement between two things. Here is an example: "The politician's actions were in stark contradiction to his promises during his campaign."
"The military will be able to prosecute and deport any Palestinian defined as an infiltrator in stark contradiction to the Geneva conventions," they said.
Since last year, and perhaps in stark contradiction to most people's expectations, attitudes towards benefit claimants have become strikingly more sympathetic.
The larger problem is that our political discourse contains a stark contradiction: we continue to regard symbolism as subterfuge, even while acknowledging it as an essential instrument of politics.
He has examined levels of taxes, public investment in education, transportation and health care, and social transfers like Social Security, and finds a stark contradiction between conventional wisdom and the evidence.
Poland's subsequent transposition of the ETS into national law in June 2011 contained an Article 50, authorising 'greenhouse gas permits' without CO2 emissions rights to be issued, in stark contradiction to the EU's rules.
— An intensifying federal crackdown on growers and sellers of state-authorized medical marijuana has badly shaken the billion-dollar industry, which has sprung up in California since voters approved medical use of the drug in 1996, and has highlighted the stark contradiction between federal and state policies.
In many ways Kenya is a land of stark contradictions.
Stark contradictions also exist in the Maldives' second biggest industry, fishing.
Detectives say this is a difficult inquiry whose findings have exposed stark contradictions.
One of the stark contradictions of the Putin years has been that economic growth and spreading wealth have been accompanied by growing lawlessness and insatiable corruption.
Because the truth is, Messi and Ronaldo do not operate in rivalry but in symbiosis, their stark contradictions in style accentuating the idiosyncrasies of each.
