| The cause of this contrariety lies not far beneath the surface. |
| The wind blowing steady and gentle from the south, there was no contrariety between that and the current, and the billows rose and fell unbroken. |
| She was low-spirited too, impatient with the contrariety of fate. |
| On this subject, however, I believe there is no contrariety of opinion. |
| Submission to the fundamental contrariety of human nature amounts to an acceptance of the fact that the psyche is at cross purposes with itself. |
| Indeed the contrariety of individuals often means precisely that we can only get at the institutions which individuals pass through. |
