AGAINST in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for AGAINST, such as:
1. Save money against a rainy day.
2. There is no medicine against death.
3. Please charge these goods against my husband's account.
4. Running away was an act of defiance against his parents.
5. The local police took swift action against the squatters.
2. There is no medicine against death.
3. Please charge these goods against my husband's account.
4. Running away was an act of defiance against his parents.
5. The local police took swift action against the squatters.
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Meanings and Examples of AGAINST
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against
prep. in opposition to; in preparation for;
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He slipped an arm through hers, as Eady had done, and fancied it was faintly pressed against her side, but neither of them moved.
2 He longed to stoop his cheek and rub it against her scarf.
3 He forgot what else he had meant to say and pressed her against him so closely that he seemed to feel her warmth in his veins.
4 Half-way up the slope Mattie stumbled against some unseen obstruction and clutched his sleeve to steady herself.
5 Ethan felt confusedly that there were many things he ought to think about, but through his tingling veins and tired brain only one sensation throbbed: the warmth of Mattie's shoulder against his.
6 Hale sat with his feet up on the stove, his back propped against a battered desk strewn with papers: the place, like the man, was warm, genial and untidy.
7 She stood just as Zeena had stood, a lifted lamp in her hand, against the black background of the kitchen.
8 When he came back Mattie had set the teapot on the table and the cat was rubbing itself persuasively against her ankles.
9 As her young brown head detached itself against the patch-work cushion that habitually framed his wife's gaunt countenance, Ethan had a momentary shock.
10 At first its weak flame made no impression on the shadows; then Zeena's face stood grimly out against the uncurtained pane, which had turned from grey to black.
11 For a moment such a flame of hate rose in him that it ran down his arm and clenched his fist against her.
12 She seemed to melt against him in her terror, and he caught her in his arms, held her fast there, felt her lashes beat his cheek like netted butterflies.
13 His head reeled and he had to support himself against the table.
14 The cat rubbed itself ingratiatingly against her, and she said "Good Pussy," stooped to stroke it and gave it a scrap of meat from her plate.
15 All the healthy instincts of self-defence rose up in him against such waste.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He's always railing against his wife about her extravagance.
2 There's a lot of contention about that issue - for every person firmly in favour, there's someone fiercely against it.
3 We raced against the clock so as to fulfill our production plan according to schedule.
4 Please charge these goods against my husband's account.
5 The Broadcasting Act allows ministers to proscribe any channel that offends against good taste and decency.
6 Running away was an act of defiance against his parents.
7 The newspapers exclaimed against the government's action.
8 The government is fighting a rearguard action against the mass of public opinion.
9 The local police took swift action against the squatters.
10 They could take legal action against you if you break the contract.
11 The Latin American and African people have successfully fought against colonial rule.
12 A kid I used to be friends with turned against me after being told that I'd been insulting him.
13 If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
14 There is no medicine against death.
15 Save money against a rainy day.