There is shock in total sudden contrast, coming on a wrong thing clear-cut and distinct.
The novels of the 1840s are in this respect a total contrast.
She was a total contrast to her husband.
How could a human being experience such total contrast of feelings in a matter of seconds.
The girl in the mirror was a total contrast to the haunted image which had stared back at her a few hours earlier.
St. Martin is a total contrast in that it is very developed.
Walsh said that fighting stood "in total contrast with what formal education represents."
His voice was soft, soothing-in total contrast to the bellow he had given moments ago.
A total contrast to everything which he had known hitherto.
The songs are in total contrast with the situations in the film.
