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How to use quite the contrary in a sentence

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The man wasn't tall, quite the contrary, he was podgy with a round, smiling face.
I personally do not believe the heritage centre would be ineffective, quite the contrary.
I would argue that the evidence shows quite the contrary and I will lay out some of that evidence here.
But I was pleasantly surprised when I found that this was quite the contrary.
That is not to say that the film is bad, quite the contrary.
Your needs do not decrease on retirement, quite the contrary.
This, however, does not mean that we should give up or allow despondency to rule our thoughts and deeds quite the contrary.
Gyanendra's democratic credentials have never been too obvious, quite the contrary.
I think Austria has no call for complaint regarding what has been done, quite the contrary.
European integration does not necessarily lead to a reduction of national rules, in many cases quite the contrary.
Of course, their architecture is changing, but without losing anything of their monumentality, often quite the contrary.
It wasn't that America is an unchristian country, quite the contrary.
There is nothing disreputable or sinister in this, quite the contrary.
But it's precisely because we share fundamental values that we must not be afraid of our differences, quite the contrary.
But that is no reason for us to give up or to halt our investments, quite the contrary!
But it's not a fluffy, cute or sentimental story, quite the contrary.
Mr. Speaker, despite the calls by the opposition members over the last two and a half years to reduce our contact with U. S. legislators, we have done something quite the contrary.
The willingness of the monetary authorities to re-stimulate privatesector credit is not lacking, quite the contrary, in fact, and governments also seem committed to increasing their efforts.
The media were obviously not spared these changes, quite the contrary, the standards that regulated the socialist state monopoly on all the media were among the first to be amended or repealed.
Although the troops of Damascus completely left the Land of Cedars four years ago, one has to say that Syrian influence has not disappeared, quite the contrary.
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Examples from Classical Literature
It is quite the contrary in the case of the instantaneous gratification of a video work, of an installation, or of gestural art.
Now, you may be getting a very good living in a profession, and yet doing no good at all in the world, but quite the contrary, at the same time.
I have not the slightest intention of being silent, Ma,' returned Lavinia coolly, 'but quite the contrary.
I'll not take offense at your doing that, quite the contrary.
Judge knowles had not returned the writers affection, quite the contrary.
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