Explore Juxtapose through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like put or set. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Juxtapose meaning
To place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
Using Juxtapose
- The main meaning on this page is: To place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.
- Useful related words include: put, set, place, pose.
- In the example corpus, juxtapose often appears in combinations such as: juxtapose the, to juxtapose, and juxtapose.
Context around Juxtapose
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Juxtapose
- In this selection, "juxtapose" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, delightfully, clearly, mistakenly, contemporary and shadowy stand out and add context to how "juxtapose" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include age and juxtapose the new and decision to juxtapose the scene. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "juxtapose" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with juxtapose
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thanks for taking the time to juxtapose the two thought processes. (11 words)
Juxtapose the aforementioned against this story from the days of my childhood. (12 words)
The concept is to deliberately allow a space to show its age, and juxtapose the new and old within it. (20 words)
To juxtapose the above with the MDC-T scenario, it should be noted that founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai was the only president of the mainstream opposition party MDC, later MDC-T, from its inception in 1999 until his death in February 2018. (42 words)
With regards to the plot, during the season finale, McGee's decision to juxtapose the scene of the girls dancing to Orla's step aerobics with the traumatic bombing really resonated with audiences. (33 words)
This game will use the monotony of running a diner and serving customers with their own perspectives on the world, and juxtapose it with the absurdity of a world-ending catastrophe. (31 words)
Example sentences (12)
The challenge, however, was to juxtapose contemporary Ukrainian art, with its focus on the first year of war, with centuries-old artifacts kept in the permanent collection.
Born and bred in the home county of Somerset Laura’s homely demeanour, warmth and energy delightfully juxtapose her biting wit, sharp tongue and brutal audience take downs.
Juxtapose the aforementioned against this story from the days of my childhood.
This allowed us to clearly juxtapose the black and white, sterile military strike footage taken from above with the destruction captured in videos taken by civilians on the ground.
This game will use the monotony of running a diner and serving customers with their own perspectives on the world, and juxtapose it with the absurdity of a world-ending catastrophe.
On the song, Em and Fofty talk about their place in hip-hop and juxtapose their current situation with their humble origin.
Windish is always beguiling as Quattrone constructs a symphony of mutated samples that juxtapose shadowy industrial clamor, raw noise and Cramps-like garage-rock extremism.
Thanks for taking the time to juxtapose the two thought processes.
The concept is to deliberately allow a space to show its age, and juxtapose the new and old within it.
To juxtapose the above with the MDC-T scenario, it should be noted that founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai was the only president of the mainstream opposition party MDC, later MDC-T, from its inception in 1999 until his death in February 2018.
With regards to the plot, during the season finale, McGee's decision to juxtapose the scene of the girls dancing to Orla's step aerobics with the traumatic bombing really resonated with audiences.
Mason's museum displays, organized along evolutionary lines, mistakenly juxtapose like effects; those organized along contextual lines would reveal like causes.
Common combinations with juxtapose
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- juxtapose the 6×
- to juxtapose 4×
- and juxtapose 3×