How to Use dichotomy in a Sentence

dichotomy

noun

• Her essay discusses the dichotomy between good and evil in the author's novels.
• Those elements created a dichotomy that relied upon the cast to function as the glue.
  — Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2019
• By now, Vergecast listeners should know there’s no such thing as a platform publisher dichotomy.
  — Andrew Marino, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2019
• The seemingly dichotomy stems from the fact that Enphase’s net income has contracted at a much faster rate as compared to its revenue in the last few quarters.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
• Hodson admirably balances this dichotomy between Bess the woman-child and Bess the sovereign-to-be.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2019
• What is the responsibility of the people on the first side of the dichotomy for the actions they have been manipulated and duped into?
  — Win McCormack, The New Republic, 29 July 2019
• No character has come to represent this dichotomy more than Ann Dowd's Aunt Lydia.
  — Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Aug. 2019
• In essence, facing Barcelona is a dichotomy running through much of the top-level game in Spain—to find answers elsewhere or to promote talent from within.
  — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
• That kind of dichotomy existed in his personal life, as the character actor also fretted over his receding hairline.
  — Randy Cordova, azcentral, 3 Sep. 2019
• Before the vote, Funk noted that the council’s decision was not a dichotomy between choosing humane treatment and following federal laws.
  — Lex Talamo, The Seattle Times, 17 July 2019
• It’s the dichotomy of what is shown to Wall Street and to the tax man.
  — Erik Sherman, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
• The film will hone in on the dichotomy of fame — to be seen by all but known by none.
  — Emily Maskell, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2022
• Well, this is the kind of strange dichotomy of how it’s turned out.
  — Time, 6 Nov. 2022
• As far as she is concerned, the dichotomy between the stage and the page is a false one.
  — Mariah Tauger, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022
• The art-and-craft dichotomy is just one of Raja’s themes.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• Swift isn't the first pop singer to call out this troubling dichotomy.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2019
• Elliott does nothing to tone down the butch-femme dichotomy in the work.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2018
• The dichotomy of long versus short hair is tricky in the summer.
  — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 25 May 2021
• The dichotomies of her current life are, frankly, pretty weird.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
• The constant switching and dichotomies gave me more than just something to write about.
  — Fresh U, Teen Vogue, 12 Dec. 2017
• This guy’s been a major league starter, but with that there’s a little bit of a dichotomy.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 26 July 2019
• When a body is reduced, all at once, to a crude dichotomy of hot and cold, what happens to your soul?
  — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 10 Dec. 2020
• That dichotomy is at the heart of Loretta Lynn’s legacy.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2022
• That dichotomy, played for laughs, points to serious blind spots in his view of life.
  — Orange County Register, 5 Apr. 2017
• And this dichotomy is the main reason for the near-unrivalled wonder of this game.
  — SI.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• That dichotomy changed less than two minutes into the second half when Garcia found the back of the net.
  — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 25 Feb. 2023
• Of course, every good doctor can code-switch to some degree, and today the old dichotomies break down.
  — Laura Kolbe, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2018
• But one of the biggest drugmakers may have set iself up for that kind of dichotomy.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 3 July 2022
• The truth, of course, is that the soccer/football dichotomy is really quite a new thing.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Beyond the box score, the matchup cast light on the intriguing dichotomy between their games.
  — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 29 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024