How to Use contrarian in a Sentence

contrarian

noun

• As an investor, he's a contrarian, preferring to buy stocks when most people are selling.
• Remarkably, all but a scattering of contrarians complied.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
• Of course, there are some contrarians to the female COO set.
  — NBC News, 30 Mar. 2018
• Larry David is a contrarian for the ages — and, in this commercial, through the ages.
  — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2022
• But the past 12 months have silenced any and all contrarians.
  — Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2017
• Burry made his name as a contrarian, and that hasn’t changed.
  — Ye Xie, Fortune, 16 May 2023
• Her path to North State contrarian may have been forged early in her life.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2021
• But the proportion has to be just right: One of the groups in the study consisted of 20 members, with four contrarians.
  — David Noonan, Scientific American, 8 June 2018
• Not surprisingly, Barkley is a bit of a contrarian in regards to the protest movement in the wake of George Floyd’s killing.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 24 June 2020
• The contrarian in this column wants to take this consensus as a bullish sign.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2022
• This may be the right time to awaken your inner contrarian – and go in the other direction.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2022
• Because Thurston Moore, the guitarist, singer and overseer of the trio, has spent decades as a contrarian of rock ’n’ roll expectations.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2021
• The show professes to start in the late 1960s, a time of unrest propelled by young people, some of whom were dreamers, some misfits, some contrarians.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 29 Feb. 2020
• To market contrarians, that would indicate that the VIX is headed for a bounce higher soon--although when that'll happen is still up for debate.
  — WSJ, 11 Feb. 2019
• The contrarians say their communities are thriving as is, and that's why Amazon is interested in the first place.
  — Bloomberg, AL.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• For patient contrarians, Brighthouse might be a risk worth taking.
  — Aaron Back, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2017
• That has some contrarians worried about what will happen when central banks move away from stimulus.
  — Stan Choe, The Seattle Times, 17 June 2017
• Another group had 20 members and five contrarians—and that one extra person made all the difference.
  — David Noonan, Scientific American, 8 June 2018
• The first act was basically being a contrarian to everybody on stage.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• To his supporters, and a handful of contrarians, Trump’s approach to challenges is refreshing.
  — Brian Bennett, Time, 10 Sep. 2019
• As Jeff Bezos said of you in October, contrarians are usually wrong.
  — Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2017
• Relying on that gift of gab, Paul has emerged as the perfect contrarian to several veterans wearing world-title belts.
  — Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
• Matt, Jake, and I are fellow contrarians who relish a certain kind of archaic and analogue craftsmanship.
  — David Coggins, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2017
• The contrarian at the office may need an invitation to be more agreeable, and winking commentary about her intractable opinions and self-seriousness could do the trick.
  — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 10 May 2021
• The extent to which Ivanka and Jared have carefully cultivated their positions as White House contrarians has been a marvel to behold.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 7 June 2017
• In recent years, Marcus has positioned himself as an A.I. contrarian who believes that deep learning, while a powerful tool, has been overhyped.
  — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2022
• Some contrarians will argue that most people don’t need life insurance because most people don’t die before their life expectancy.
  — WSJ, 18 Mar. 2018
• While Justify is the overwhelming favorite, some contrarians are pointing to a foot bruise Justify suffered during the Kentucky Derby as a reason to look elsewhere for a winner.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 18 May 2018
• Weingarten wrote his column, as humorists often do, in a self-deprecating tone, casting himself as a troglodytic contrarian.
  — David Harsanyi, National Review, 24 Aug. 2021
• That has some contrarians worried about what will happen as the Federal Reserve continues raising interest rates and talks about paring back its bond investments.
  — Stan Choe, The Seattle Times, 15 June 2017

Last Updated: 6 Oct 2024