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Oxymorons is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Oxymorons in a sentence

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Oxymorons | Oxymoron

Oxymorons meaning

plural of oxymoron

Using Oxymorons

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of oxymoron

Context around Oxymorons

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

general 1×

Sentence patterns with Oxymorons

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

fairness are oxymorons 1× in general oxymorons can be 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

human affairs are 1× in general oxymorons 1×

Common sentence endings:

fairness are oxymorons 1× or both words 1×

Words around Oxymorons

Just before it in the word index:

oxymoronic 6 oxymoron 39 oxymel 2 oxyimino 3 oxyhemoglobin 4 oxyhalides 4

Just after it in the word index:

oxymorphone 4 oxyneo 4 oxyrhynchus 4 oxysterols 2 oxysulfide 2 oxysulfides 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Oxymorons

  • In this selection, "oxymorons" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, general stand out and add context to how "oxymorons" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include fairness are oxymorons and in general oxymorons can be. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "oxymorons" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with oxymorons

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Human affairs are full of examples where “justice/legality” and “fairness” are oxymorons. (13 words)

In general, oxymorons can be divided into expressions that were deliberately crafted to be contradictory and those phrases that inadvertently or incidentally contain a contradiction, often as a result of a punning use of one or both words. (38 words)

Longer example sentences

In general, oxymorons can be divided into expressions that were deliberately crafted to be contradictory and those phrases that inadvertently or incidentally contain a contradiction, often as a result of a punning use of one or both words. (38 words)

Human affairs are full of examples where “justice/legality” and “fairness” are oxymorons. (13 words)

Example sentences (2)

Human affairs are full of examples where “justice/legality” and “fairness” are oxymorons.

In general, oxymorons can be divided into expressions that were deliberately crafted to be contradictory and those phrases that inadvertently or incidentally contain a contradiction, often as a result of a punning use of one or both words.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "oxymorons" in a sentence?
An example: "Human affairs are full of examples where “justice/legality” and “fairness” are oxymorons." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "oxymorons" from authentic English texts.
What does "oxymorons" mean?
Oxymorons means: plural of oxymoron
How many example sentences with "oxymorons" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "oxymorons", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.