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OXYMORON EXAMPLES – This is the meaning of oxymoron, some examples of this, and how to correctly use them in a sentence.
A figure of speech that determines the combination of two contradicting words creates a new definition to make readers stop and think or whether to laugh and wonder. Sometimes, in sentences and in other writeups, this type of figure of speech creates drama or gives a touch of another creativity in playing with words.
Grammarly defined oxymoron as “a literary device that juxtaposes contradictory terms”. Some of its purposes include drama, entertainment, and presenting something in a fresh way. Sometimes, oxymorons are confused with paradoxes. But really, the two are different things but both use the contradicting way of creating an idea.
Oxymoron uses two contradicting words while the paradox uses contradicting ideas.
Here are some oxymorons:
- alone together
- awful good
- bittersweet
- brisk vacancy
- cheerful pessimist
- civil war
- clearly misunderstood
- comfortable misery
- conspicuous absence
- cool passion
- crash landing
- cruel kindness
- deafening silence
- definite maybe
- deliberate speed
- eloquent silence
- even odds
- exact estimate
- extinct life
- found missing
- freezer burn
- friendly takeover
- genuine imitation
- good grief
- growing smaller
- guest host
- historical present
- humane slaughter
- idiot savant
- ill health
- impossible solution
- intense apathy
- living dead
- loud whisper
- negative growth
- negative income
- old news
- one-man band
- only choice
- openly deceptive
- open secret
- original copy
- overbearingly modest
- paper towel
- plastic glasses
- plastic silverware
- poor health
- random order
- recorded live
- sad smile
- same difference
- shrewd dumbness
- silent scream
- small crowd
- soft rock
- student teacher
- sweet sorrow
- terribly good
- theoretical experience
- unbiased opinion
- upward fall
- wise fool
- working vacation
Here are some sample sentences:
A deafening silence welcomed me when I brought my cheating boyfriend to a family event.
He’s gay and this seems to be an open secret.
My only choice is to stay or else, this marriage won’t work out.
It was just a small crowd but the nervousness was killing me.
When we broke up, I was like a living dead – breathing but dead inside.
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