Sentence examples for utterly contrary from inspiring English sources

The worst is that it ran utterly contrary to the party's promise to clean up politics.

These teachings, utterly contrary to what had gone before, caused "a convulsive alteration of the whole religious landscape," Wills writes.

A bowler's delivery stride, with its learned mechanics, is utterly contrary to the accepted laws of human anatomy.

It appeared an utterly contrary decision what with Dinamo Tirana also drawing Austrian opposition in the Cup Winners Cup and this tie going ahead without a hitch.

Mr. Mori may have denied that he was advocating a state religion or deification of the emperor, as existed in the past, saying, "That is utterly contrary to my personal belief".

Denis Bauchard, a former French ambassador and Middle East expert now at the French Institute for International Relations, said Mr. Hollande's willingness to circumvent the Security Council appeared "utterly contrary to our traditional policy" of bolstering the body's legitimacy, particularly in the Middle East.

Any suggestion to the contrary is utterly baseless".

"Utterly or obviously senseless, contrary to all reason," said another.

In fact, many of us don't realise this is even an assumption – it's just that evidence to the contrary seems utterly incomprehensible.

In fact, many of us don't realize this is even an assumption it's just that evidence to the contrary seems utterly incomprehensible.

It's utterly unlawful, totally repugnant, and contrary to our national practices".