Examples of 'being contrary' in a sentence

Meaning of "being contrary"

being contrary - This phrase is often used to describe someone who consistently opposes or goes against the prevailing opinion or expectation. It signifies a deliberate tendency to challenge or contradict others, even if it may not be necessary or logical

How to use "being contrary" in a sentence

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He was going on about it being contrary to departmental procedures for them to meet.
He later received a copy of denial of the registration as being contrary to law.
Web site being contrary to public order and good morals.
Now you are just being contrary.
Not being contrary to the principle of equal pay for equal.
The trust is invalid as being contrary to public policy.
Every man that enjoys life is a poet even when it is being contrary.
You are being contrary.
I do not give a shit and I was just being contrary.
Which means being contrary to Tao.
Ms Marshall challenged the compensation limit as being contrary to EU law.
As being contrary to the Charter.
It had been widely criticized in some quarters as being contrary to freedom of expression.
Transfusion should be performed regardless of the patient 's or guardian manifestation of will being contrary.
I know you love being contrary.

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These are my true feelings which I was not able to have before, because I was being contrary.
This provision of the law was criticized as being contrary to international refugee law.
But I would rather bed that old toothless hag over there. Now you're just being contrary.
The regulation should be revoked as being contrary to the spirit of Vatican II.
We also reject the extraterritorial application of American legislation as being contrary to GATT.
I am just being contrary I know.
Jenny was right, you do love being contrary.
I scream . about my being contrary or how my garden grows.
This illusion of superiority ruins coexistence and happiness, being contrary to beatitude.
But even profane, as being contrary to Scripture and the opinions of the Fathers.
Spierenburg also rejected this suggestion as being contrary to the Treaty.
Being contrary to God 's nature, sin is repulsive to Him.
The conference rejected this proposal as being contrary to the Party Rules.
Really, some people are just contrary for the sake of being contrary.
Anti-personnel landmines were identified as being contrary to international humanitarian law.
Have not you already dated in Toledo? Uh, at the risk of being contrary.
Absolutely, in terms of being contrary to what God intended.
To Christian ordinance of jejunum sextae. - The consumption offlesh… on this day being contrary.
And if you say anything about my being contrary or how my garden grows, I scream.
Fine! But now you're just being contrary.
He 's being contrary.
Or their affairs ; this way of acting being contrary to their own.
On 22 July he abandoned Camprodon, being contrary to the political situation.
Furthermore, some people fall into the trap of being contrary for its own sake.
The Human Rights Committee for being contrary to, inter alia, Art.
He's just practicing being contrary.
Therefore, this provision should be vetoed as being contrary to public interests . ”.
Oh, you are just being contrary.
The mark, for some reason or another, being contrary to the law.
Surely, he is just being contrary.
The Commission challenged the Italian law as being contrary to TFEU article 34.

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