Examples of 'oxymorons' in a sentence

Meaning of "oxymorons"

oxymoron (noun) - a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, such as 'jumbo shrimp' or 'deafening silence', to create a rhetorical effect
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How to use "oxymorons" in a sentence

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Do not hit me with oxymorons at this time.
There is a time and place for oxymorons.
All of us are oxymorons in our own way.
Oxymorons also feature in modern comedy and politics.
Some nice oxymorons in the title.
Oxymorons are the juxtaposition of two words with opposite meanings.
Dave also enjoys oxymorons.
Few oxymorons can compete with this statement.
Talk about your oxymorons.
Some oxymorons are spectacular.
Traditional and intensive are oxymorons.
Those oxymorons are so on point.
Once again about oxymorons.
Oxymorons to wear.
These two terms are oxymorons.

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Oxymorons even, an entrepreneur needs to be arrogant yet humble.
Those phrases are oxymorons.
Are oxymorons ever appropriate in legal usage?
Paradoxes and oxymorons.
Because oxymorons tend to be ambivalent, they should be avoided in scientific writing.
Use a bit of oxyclean looking to see the oxymorons for what they are.
The oxymorons couldn't get any better.
Sometimes people are not trying to make a profound statement when they use oxymorons.
The World Bank has a lot of experience with oxymorons and oxymoronic initiatives related to forests.
There are some well-known phrases and quotations that make use of oxymorons.
Is this another of the oxymorons the work explores?
Here are a few well-known sentences and quotations that make use of oxymorons.
The same one who directed OxyMorons a few years ago?
Oxymorons in the news,.
He and truth are Oxymorons.
Oxymorons can add color, humor, and meaning to language in all sorts of ways.
Paradoxes, hypocrites and oxymorons ensue.
Do not hit me with oxymorons at this time . We are in a crisis!
Let us not forget the 2 greatest oxymorons as well.
Don't hit me with oxymorons at this time. We're in a crisis! Wait a minute.
It 's a nonprofit, venture capital fund for the poor, a few oxymorons in one sentence.
Now there are 2 LA oxymorons in that sentence.
Italian accountancy . One of life 's great oxymorons.
As with other rhetorical devices, oxymorons are used for a variety of purposes . '.
We would be delighted, but I hope it 's not jumbo shrimp, because I am allergic to oxymorons.
Does that define the Oxymorons for you?
The image of the " arrow 's wound " was sometimes used to create oxymorons and rhetorical antithesis.
They're all oxymorons.

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