How to Use paradox in a Sentence

paradox

noun

• It is a paradox that computers need maintenance so often, since they are meant to save people time.
• As an actor, he's a paradox—he loves being in the public eye but also deeply values and protects his privacy.
• The paradox has reached its height in the weeks since the election.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 11 Dec. 2020
• The query is known around the world as the Fermi paradox.
  — Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 22 June 2018
• The paradox is that the head of D.H.S. can rarely please anybody.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
• The health and quality of life paradox is the fourth trend.
  — Frank Van Gansbeke, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• Inside, are the steps to take should the paradox occur.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 22 June 2022
• The wrong response to this paradox would be to step away from progress.
  — Frank Lavin, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
• Ravenna, a jewel in the midst of a marsh, was a place of paradox.
  — Anthony Kaldellis, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
• Twist, Push, and Pull This paradox of choice isn’t new.
  — Bengt Halvorson, Car and Driver, 22 Mar. 2018
• This paradox makes both the film and the book more textured, knotted.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021
• All of which means the benzene ring is something of a paradox.
  — Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2017
• The paradox lies in that premise, though, Prescott and his brothers explained.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2019
• This is both a frustration and a paradox to people who try to get them to the polls.
  — Jeremy W. Peters and Yamiche Alcindor, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2016
• While that might seem like a paradox — how can a cleanser not contain soap?
  — Ella Cerón, Teen Vogue, 13 Nov. 2018
• Fox, who turns 62 next month, is living a life of supreme paradox.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2023
• Which, of course, is a paradox — perhaps the paradox of movies and, indeed, of all art.
  — Ty Burr, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• This paradox is discussed in many books but solved in very few.
  — Ronald C. Lasky, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2014
• This is the cruel paradox of a live-streaming nightlife.
  — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020
• Well, the country had been born with a promise, a paradox, and a problem.
  — Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 1 May 2017
• Bochy, named the Rangers’ 20th full-time manager a month ago, is a paradox.
  — Joe McCarthy, Dallas News, 21 Nov. 2022
• The paradox is that stocks, while risky, are the essential building blocks of wealth.
  — Larry Light, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2021
• So, two and a half years into the pandemic, that leaves us in a paradox.
  — Abdul El-Sayed, The New Republic, 9 Nov. 2022
• The paradox of my life as a writer is that the war ruined my life and in return gave me my voice.
  — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2019
• In some professions, fun at work may seem to be a paradox.
  — Ulrik Juul Christensen, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
• And what athlete presents more of a modern-day paradox?
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2020
• The paradox is that there are often very deep truths that resonate through fairy tales.
  — WIRED, 28 Aug. 2022
• This, in a nutshell, is the paradox of being fully alive.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2022
• But with the latest jewelry trend, the paradox seems to have broken.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2023
• This paradox was thrown into sharp relief for me a few months ago at Ellevest.
  — Sallie Krawcheck, Fortune, 5 June 2017

Last Updated: 9 May 2024