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in contrast

adv. contrarily.

Usage examples of "in contrast".

This case is interesting solely from the simplicity of the movements, in contrast with those of the two preceding species.

That was what I'd found so attractive in her, in contrast to the milling pawns around.

Siuan was dark-faced-Leane had seemed amused if anything at her recounted girlhood misdeeds and penalties, but Siuan had not liked the telling one bit-yet in contrast to her near-glare, her voice was only a little tight.

Anna was still too numb to speak, but she did notice how very blue his eyes were, startlingly so in contrast to his pale, dirty face.

Close at hand was his now nearly deflated balloon and the car on its side looking minutely small, a mere broken toy, a shrivelled bubble, in contrast with the gigantic bulk of the nearer airship.

At that time the Arkonides must have been mentally powerful and free willed, in contrast to their degenerated stage of the present.

He was panting heavily, in contrast to his opponent, whose breast was as still as that of a man in prayer.

Gray had said she was a grandmother, but her face was almost unlined, the tawny eyes sharp in contrast to the soft complexion and pixie features.

But beneath the shell, in contrast to that open-handed hospitality, was a remoteness, and a sadness.

In my mind's eye I can see the bright reds and golds of the balloon's canopy in contrast to the grey, misty luminousness of the morning.