Below you will find example sentences with "opposite sides". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Opposite Sides in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: sides
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.6 words

Words in this phrase

opposite sides

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • opposite can mean: Located directly across from something else, or from each other. Frequent word
  • sides can mean: plural of side. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

are on opposite sides of the 2× are that opposite sides are of 1× attorneys on opposite sides of the 1× each on opposite sides of the 1× entrances on opposite sides of the 1× into two opposite sides of a 1× it on opposite sides but go 1× land on opposite sides of the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

argyle school in 1× bury s mps 1× cypress city attorney 1× each piece shows 1× equivalent conditions are 1× lopez now finds 1×

Common sentence endings:

and orange sides 1× bisect each other 1× condemning the leak 1× could be possible 1× in nagorno karabakh 1× in this mission 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

two 6× war 3× now 3× equal 2× close 2× same 2× piece 2× red 2× orange 2× edge 2× school 2× may 2×

Related phrases

two sides opposite direction opposite side opposite effect

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around sides:

two sides 20×

Just before it in the phrase index:

opposite side opposite effect opposite direction opportunity presents opinion polls operator license

Just after it in the phrase index:

opposition leader opposition leaders opposition mps opposition parties opposition party optimal solution

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

opposite direction opposite side opposite effect

Same ending:

two sides

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "opposite sides" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as are on opposite sides of the, are that opposite sides are of, two, war and now stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with two sides, opposite direction, opposite side and two sides, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with opposite sides

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Now picture them on opposite sides of the field. (9 words)

Suppose you wanted to build a tunnel by digging into two opposite sides of a mountain. (16 words)

Bury's MPs voted on opposite sides of the spectrum in last night's Rwanda immigration bill. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

That two close allies from the same party land on opposite sides of the so-called Safeguard Our Countryside San Diego, or SOS, measure, is par for the course for what’s become a controversial proposal that’s racked up strange bedfellows on both sides. (45 words)

They may have weighted it on opposite sides, but go through the successful teams at Anfield and Stamford Bridge and you’d be hard-pressed to find a player that wasn’t playing at or very close to the best soccer of his career. (44 words)

But then he’ll also do something that totally angers Russia, whether it’s in Syria or Libya, where they’re on opposite sides of a civil war, and now where they’re on opposite sides in Nagorno-Karabakh. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

But then he’ll also do something that totally angers Russia, whether it’s in Syria or Libya, where they’re on opposite sides of a civil war, and now where they’re on opposite sides in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Equivalent conditions are that opposite sides are of equal length; that opposite angles are equal; or that the diagonals bisect each other.

That two close allies from the same party land on opposite sides of the so-called Safeguard Our Countryside San Diego, or SOS, measure, is par for the course for what’s become a controversial proposal that’s racked up strange bedfellows on both sides.

Each piece shows a unique colour combination, but not all combinations are present (for example, if red and orange are on opposite sides of the solved Cube, there is no edge piece with both red and orange sides).

Argyle School in Sydney, as some of you may know, had separate boys’ and girls’ entrances on opposite sides of the school.

Bury's MPs voted on opposite sides of the spectrum in last night's Rwanda immigration bill.

Cypress City Attorney Fred Galante and Shenkman, attorneys on opposite sides of the voting rights lawsuit, released a condemning the leak.

For more than 30 years it has floated amidst a riverscape dominated by the moody Paparoa Range to the west, and between the villages of Blackball and Ngahere on opposite sides of the river.

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Lopez now finds herself in the same shoes as Iglesias, despite the two sitting on opposite sides of the political spectrum.

Now picture them on opposite sides of the field.

Players will need to interact with two items, each on opposite sides of the room and shielded.

Specifically, the event occurs when the moon and sun line up on exact opposite sides of our planet.

Suppose you wanted to build a tunnel by digging into two opposite sides of a mountain.

That put Mandalorians on opposite sides, but that wasn't uncommon, given their culture's historic propensity for war.

The 2023 golf year is not even a month old, and we’ve already seen some petty drama between Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed, two big names on opposite sides of the sport’s biggest war.

The calf and mother were seen calling out to each other from opposite sides of the river, the news site reported.

They may have weighted it on opposite sides, but go through the successful teams at Anfield and Stamford Bridge and you’d be hard-pressed to find a player that wasn’t playing at or very close to the best soccer of his career.

Two teams from opposite sides of the planet, with completely different cultures, are meeting at the flatlands on the edge of Paris, around a rugby ball, for the opening game of the Rugby World Cup 2023.

Valencia and Oaks Christian are on opposite sides of the Division 2 bracket, so a rematch could be possible.

We live on opposite sides of the country, but our hearts were side by side in this mission.

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