How to use "opposite" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "opposite" in popular movie and book plots

  • A quiet, precocious romantic and the exact opposite of Olga, Tatyana becomes intensely drawn to Onegin.  - Eugene Onegin
  • But his brother has had enough of him and sends him off in the opposite direction.  - They Call Me Trinity
  • On an impulse, Carol invites Chuck to see her former home above the landing on the opposite shore.  - Wild River (film)
  • Hud Bannon (Paul Newman) is ambitious and self-centered, the opposite of his deeply principled rancher father Homer (Melvyn Douglas).  - Hud (1963 film)
  • Dupin concluded that D— wrote a new address on the reverse of the stolen one, re-folded it the opposite way and sealed it with his own seal.  - The Purloined Letter
  • Muriel is the exact opposite of Macon's wife: brash, talkative, pushy, less "classy" and less educated, and fond of wearing eccentric outfits.  - The Accidental Tourist
  • As demons work toward the opposite end, the total happiness on Earth must remain in balance.  - Oh My Goddess!
  • As she goes to pass, her car is clipped by a truck going in the opposite direction, then slammed full-force by the Mack, killing her.  - John Q.
  • Tom (Albert Finney) grows up to be a lively young man whose good looks and kind heart make him very popular with the opposite sex.  - Tom Jones (1963 film)
  • During the trade, walking in opposite directions, Dude tackles Joe and they scuffle while a gunfight erupts.  - Rio Bravo (film)
  • To escape her, Moya and Talyn starburst in opposite directions, splitting the crew, with one Crichton on each ship.  - Farscape
  • Stubb and Flask kill a right whale whose head is fastened to a yardarm opposite the sperm whale's head.  - Moby-Dick
  • Only Driscoll and Denham, on opposite sides, survive.  - King Kong (1933 film)
  • drawn) from the Tower on wattled hurdles to the Old Palace Yard at Westminster, opposite the building they had attempted to destroy.  - Guy Fawkes
  • Titorelli lives in the attic of a tenement in a suburb on the opposite side of town from the court that visited.  - The Trial
  • If taken to the world opposite their own, characters react to their counterparts (if available).  - Chrono Cross

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