In a sentence
Six example sentences with juxtapose, each labelled with its topic.
The exhibition juxtaposes a tenement window from 1930 with the same view today, hung so your eye crosses between them.
Photography
Rothko liked to juxtapose a heavy rectangle of maroon against a thin band of orange near the canvas edge.
Art
The novelist juxtaposes a wedding chapter with a funeral chapter so each ceremony makes the other harder to read.
Literature
The composer juxtaposes a hushed lullaby with a blast of brass, so the quiet passage feels fragile when it returns.
Music
The architect chose to juxtapose polished steel with the crumbling brick of the old mill, leaving both surfaces fully exposed.
Architecture
The chef likes to juxtapose sour pickled plum against sweet roasted squash on the same plate, so each bite sharpens the next.
Cooking
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