(prep.) Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.
(prep.) From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.
(prep.) In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race against time.
(prep.) By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when.
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Sweatshirt
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Example Sentences:
(1) There is effective use of a scuba-like neoprene fabric which is slickly practical and gives a bold, shell-like silhouette to hooded coats and to sweatshirts which seems to reference the balloon and cocoon shapes that Cristobal Balenciaga invented to great acclaim in the 1950s.
(2) I got to HaHagana bridge with a friend and we saw a big man in a red sweatshirt stabbing a soldier twice, apparently someone from the air force,” he said.
(3) David Lengel (@LengelDavid) FYI - I strongly object to Cards first base coach Chris Maloney wearing a hooded sweatshirt under his uniform.
(4) "I understand you're in town to check out our team," Roth told to Dempsey, the hint of a rave green collar visible beneath his grey sweatshirt.
(5) Very abruptly, he yawns, looks bored, and examines his sweatshirt.
(6) I was wearing – I’m imagining, I’m guessing – jeans and a sweatshirt.
(7) Yet he has the unmistakeable air, and sweatshirt, of a Corbynista.
(8) The suspect, who is still on the loose, has been described as a clean-shaved, white male aged approximately 21, with a small, slender build, wearing a grey sweatshirt with jeans and boots.
(9) The bestseller at the eclectic L'Oeuf at no 9 is its own South Pigalle range – branded sweatshirts, caps, kids' toys and bags – perfect souvenirs to let everyone know you have discovered SoPi.
(10) A former sports journalist, Wen, who wore distinctive orange sweatshirts and drove a matching car, moved to covering news but lost his job at a state newspaper after reporting protests by artists about the forced demolition of their property .
(11) She cites sweatshirts made by Brian Lichtenberg bearing slogans such as Feline and Homies – which play on the high-end designer logos of French brands Céline and Hermès – as part of the trend.
(12) And Aisha Tyler in the video wearing a Kenzo-like sweatshirt, when everyone knows Kenzo sweatshirts are positively the dernier cri !
(13) T-shirts and sweatshirts bearing the logo were available to buy at the show, for real-people prices, ie under £50.
(14) Before the attack for which I was arrested, no one in Balochistan knew I had disappeared,” he said, dressed in a navy blue hooded sweatshirt, drinking a coffee with a gaunt look in his eyes as he nervously twisted a rolled up cigarette in his hand.
(15) In a sweatshirt and jeans, sluggish with jetlag, at 46 he has outgrown the buff pretty-boy look of his youth – and some of his old habits too.
(16) But I do find it interesting that they have impacted on people’s wardrobes less than, say, Flashdance did 30 years ago (leg warmers, ripped sweatshirts).
(17) … Most of them had hooded sweatshirts on underneath their helmets, which looked silly as hell … And a kind of scarf thing around their faces with their eyes cut out.
(18) The previous Friday, I took a photo that went viral of pro-police brutality demonstrators wearing sweatshirts which read, “I Can Breathe”, cruelly taunting Black Lives Matter activists by twisting Eric Garner’s final words.
(19) Now, as those explosive muscles bunch under his blue prison sweatshirt, it's "shame awareness" that continues to tell me how to work with Errol.
(20) A campaign against over-fishing saw sweatshirts emblazoned “No fish no nothing”.