in marked contrast to

phrase

: very different from

His current friendly manner is in marked contrast to his usual behavior.

Examples of in marked contrast to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The violence is psychological and rarely fatal, in marked contrast to that in Sophocles’s work (in other words, nobody gouges out their eyes after having mistakenly slept with their own mother). — Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026

The salts used as primary coolant, mostly lithium-beryllium fluoride and lithium fluoride, remain liquid without pressurization from about 500°C to about 1400°C, in marked contrast to a PWR, which operates at about 315°C under 150 atmospheres of pressure. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025

All of this is new and in marked contrast to the direction of change in places like Iran and Afghanistan. — Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025

The Israeli response to the Hamas proposal, submitted via mediators, was in marked contrast to past instances during the nearly nine-month war in Gaza, where Israel has said the conditions attached by Hamas were not acceptable. — Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024

Rhymes for in marked contrast to

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
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• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou