The sharp, burning colors of his body stood brilliant and plain against the black soil, like a target.

The handsome, athletic young king stood in sharp contrast to his wary, miserly father.

His friendship with Bartolini, whose worldly success in the intervening years stood in sharp contrast to Ingres's poverty, quickly became strained, and Ingres found new quarters.

Odysseus then stood up, delivered a sharp rebuke to Thersites, which he coupled with a threat to strip him naked, and then beat him on the back and shoulders with Agamemnon's sceptre ; Thersites doubled over, a warm tear fell from his eye, and a bloody welt formed on his back ; he sat down in fear, and in pain gazed helplessly as he wiped away his tear ; but the rest of the assembly was distressed and laughed.

With a samurai population of less than 1 % the culture of the merchant city of Osaka stood in sharp contrast to that of Edo, the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate.

The aspiring novelist viewed Oswald as the metaphorical embodiment of an intelligent peacetime GI: deeply dissatisfied with the monolithic, totalitarian structure of military life which stood in distressingly sharp contrast to the professed American ideals of individual liberty and free enterprise.

Dour, puritanical, and spotlessly honest, his White House stood in sharp contrast to the drinking, gambling, and womanizing that went on under Harding.

Truman, a self-educated farm boy from Missouri, stood in sharp contrast to the urbane and imperious Roosevelt who kept personal control of all major decisions.

The selection stood in sharp contrast to the partisanship usually evident in the selection of federal judges.

This stood in sharp contrast to Australia ( New South Wales ), which raised and paid for its own troops.

Stax put out funky, distinctly Southern records by artists like Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Wilson Pickett that stood in sharp contrast to the smoother, more pop records coming out of Detroit's Motown ( see Memphis soul ).

The Paul Thiry ( architect ) | Paul Thiry-designed North East branch ( opened 1954 ) stood in sharp architectural contrast to the older branch libraries.

This concrete emphasis on problems stood in sharp contrast with the abstraction of Bourbaki, who were then active just across the English Channel.

In 2005, when Gee's approval saw a comparatively sharp drop, it still stood at 88. 4 %.

Harel's powerful position stood in sharp contrast to the austerity of his personal life.

Hébert, in turn, accused Desmoulins of hypocrisy, pointing out that his current opposition to violence and extremism ( Desmoulins had, in addition to attacking ultra-revolutionary excesses, called for an end to the Terror ) stood in sharp contrast to his support for such tactics in a 1789 pamphlet, Discours de la lanterne aux Parisiens, which had advocated the execution of those opposed to revolution.

She was further described as having had clear brown eyes, direct in their gaze ; a sharp, haughty nose, thin lips, thin hands, and she " stood straight as a lance ".

The ties to Stair, whose views stood in sharp contrast to Weiner's, led to accusations that Weiner had " sold out " his long held beliefs in pacifism and agnosticism.

The principals stood in stark contrast both physically and politically.

By contrast, the cursive developed out of the Nabataean alphabet in the same period soon became the standard for writing Arabic, evolving into the Arabic alphabet as it stood by the time of the early spread of Islam.

His Superman, by contrast, was very much the model of the classic hero who stood up straight and spoke in a more formal and authoritative voice.

Although he made no pretence regarding the significance of the Senate under his absolute rule, those senators he deemed unworthy were expelled from the Senate, and in the distribution of public offices he rarely favoured family members ; a policy which stood in contrast to the nepotism practiced by Vespasian and Titus.

This approach stood in contrast to the Labour Party's seemingly slicker campaign and it chimed with the electorate, along with hard-hitting negative campaign advertising focusing on the issue of Labour's approach to taxation.

This degree of unity within the German government with both the diplomats and the military united in their support of Hitler's anti-Polish policy, which stood in contrast to their views the previous year about destroying Czechoslovakia, very much encouraged Hitler and Ribbentrop with their chosen course of action.

This stood in contrast to the British experience, where moderate New Model Unions dominated the union movement from the mid-19th century and where trade unionism was stronger than the political labour movement until the formation and growth of the Labour Party in the early years of the 20th century.

In the early days of punk rock, this ethic stood in marked contrast to what those in the scene regarded as the ostentatious musical effects and technological demands of many mainstream rock bands.

The party's future seemed bright, but it suffered from a number of weaknesses, not the least of which was its dependence on Gysi, considered by supporters and critics alike as a super-star in German politics who stood in stark contrast to a colorless general membership.

Pete Shelley continued as vocalist ; his high-pitched, melodic singing stood in stark contrast to the gruff pub rock vocal stylings of many punk contemporaries.

From their deliberately rustic appearance on the cover, to the songs and arrangements within, the album stood in contrast to other popular music of the day.

The Whigs suffered greatly from factionalism throughout their existence, as well as weak party loyalty that stood in contrast to the strong party discipline that was the hallmark of a tight Democratic Party organization.

The direct access capability, occasionally and incorrectly called random access ( although that term survives when referring to memory or RAM ), of those devices stood in contrast to sequential access used in tape drives.

He and his wife, Queen Elisabeth, were popular in Belgium due to their simple, unassuming lifestyle and their harmonious family life, which stood in marked contrast to the aloof, autocratic manner and the irregular private life of Leopold II.

The style of Moondance stood in contrast to that of Astral Weeks.

The actions of the Résistance stood in marked contrast to the collaboration of the regime installed at Vichy.

In this way, the medieval and early modern Fens stood in contrast to the rest of southern England, which was primarily an arable agricultural region.

In fact, Pistol Pete's flamboyant style stood in stark contrast to the conservative play of Hudson and star center Walt Bellamy.

The album's glossy production stood as a contrast to his first release, and some dedicated fans felt he had " sold out ".

Watson's behaviorism ( and philosophy of science ) stood in direct contrast to Freud.

Manley's second term focused on liberalizing Jamaica's economy, with the pursuit of a free-market programme that stood in marked contrast to the interventionist economic policies pursued by Manley's first government.

He stood on the porch and watched him struggling with the heavy harness, and finally went over to help him.

He finished with the team and filled his pipe and stood looking about him.

They wouldn't o' stood no chance with you in a plain, straight-out shoot-down ''.

Delphine stood like stone, her eyes alive with hate as she looked down at the sheeted corpse.

But the fences were still in place fifty-odd years ago, and when we stood on the gate to look over, the sidewalk under our eyes was not cement but two rows of paving stones with grass between and on both sides.

He stood there staring with disbelief at the vacant desk.

My own stern hand has rent the ancient bond, And thereof shall the ending not have end: But not for me, that loved her, to be fond Lightly to please me with a newer friend Then hold it more than bravest-feathered song, That I affirm to thee, with heart of pride, I knew not what did to a friend belong Till I stood up, true friend, by thy true side ; ;

the Catholic Saint Mary's Church, with an even taller steeple and a cross on top, stood on Ball Street.

It could never happen as long as God was alert and the Drew steeple stood guard with its peaked lance.

He stood with his back to the skiff.

She stood up, smoothing her hair down, straightening her clothes, feeling a thankfulness for the enveloping darkness outside, and, above everything else, for the absence of the need to answer, to respond, to be aware even of Stowey coming in or going out, and yet, now that she was beginning to cook, she glimpsed a future without him, a future alone like this, and the pain made her head writhe, and in a moment she found it hard to wait for Lucretia to come with her guests.

The doctor stood about, waiting for Alex to dress, with a show of impatience, and soon they were moving, as quietly as could be, through the still-dark hallways, past the bedroom of the patronne, and so into the street.

It was Giselle, the fille de chambre, come to clean the room, and while she stood before him with ears pricked up and regard all curiosity, explaining her errand, Alex could see from the corner of his eye the doctor doing all he could to calm the displeased bird.

It was so utterly unexpected that Marty stood for several moments with his mouth hanging open foolishly after it had happened.

Here and there on work table or pedestal stood a shape with a sheet or a tarpaulin draped over it.

She stood there, watching Holden come in, and she put the piece of toast in her mouth and bit off one corner with a huge chomp of her white teeth.

If Mahzeer was alone with the prime minister he could be arranging his execution while Hoag stood out here shivering in the darkening street.

he stood with his feet apart on a kitchen table he had dragged to the sill.

Deal furniture with a mahogany finish was neatly arranged as if it stood in the window of a department store.

Ordinary Carey Williams, armed with a pistol, stood by at the polls to insure order.

however, the first belief stood for entire revision with a new third point added to the list.

A man with a baby in his arms stood there pleading for his wife who is on the other side with the rest of the family.

Next to the Blackwells, Titus had owned the island most, and she and Adelia had often stood in front of him, silenced by his terrible years -- a scanty man with a thin beard and very deep-set blue eyes like a mariner, more aged than possible.