dramatic contrast

collocation in English

meaningsofdramaticandcontrast

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dramatic
adjective
uk
/drəˈmæt.ɪk/us
/drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/
very sudden or noticeable, or full of action ...
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contrast
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.trɑːst/us
/ˈkɑːn.træst/
an obvious difference between two or ...
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(Definition ofdramaticandcontrastfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This provides adramaticcontrastto the group in this study who reported taking almost no risks.
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An even moredramaticcontrastis shown in my constituency.
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There is adramaticcontrastbetween public and private ownership.
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What adramaticcontrastthat is with the policies that we introduced so painfully in order to achieve the dramatic results that the country is now enjoying.
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That is adramaticcontrast.
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Dramaticcontrasteffects with light and dark fabrics are created by various layouts of the blocks when forming a quilt top.
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The route over the mesa provides adramaticcontrastin landscape, climate and vegetation.
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The white sand carried along by these rivers collects in sand bars, which provide adramaticcontrastto the dark river water.
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There is adramaticcontrastbetween volumes and projecting fenestrations, rose windows and semi-circular statue niches.
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His starting price that day, indramaticcontrastto the enthusiasm he'd engendered the previous year, had been 40-1.
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The melody is full of subtle modifications, but has no dramatic contrasts.
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But the evangelist has achieved a certaindramaticcontrastby placing the saying in a context where anyone would believe that legitimate self-defense was in place if ever was.
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This has been a rich debate, and one of dramatic contrasts.
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Even when he was playing baroque repertoire, there would be many registration changes, ample swell pedal and dramatic contrasts in volume.
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These three regions vary in climate, elevation, and landscape, providing dramatic contrasts between hot, humid tropical lowlands and colder, drier highland peaks.
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Movement relied on dramatic contrasts and diversity of form, and drew on the picturesque aesthetic.
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