There was no logical reason for her to take exception to this piece--which meant, of course, in the contrary nature of girls, that she would.

And now Harris's contrary nature and inborn selfishness were striking manifested.

This was something that his "contrary" nature yearned for every now and then.

These two species of false religion, though both pernicious, are yet of a very different, and even of a contrary nature.

It reverses the contrary nature of my button.

Grandfather had never once come out and said that he was- Then again, maybe he was simply living up to his contrary nature.

You have an abrasive, contrary nature and like nothing better than stirring things up.

Why mention something which because of its contrary nature might only "confuse" people, right?

The woman had a contrary nature, and she had decided to exercise her independence this way.

Emblematic, perhaps, of the contrary nature of the changes is the theology textbook for 10th graders in Saudi schools.