Preposition: at

• sight: It sounds paradoxical at first sight, but violent exercise, so far from concentrating attention on the body, takes it away.

Modifies a noun

• embolism: We report a case of cerebral infarction secondary to paradoxical embolism.

• bronchospasm: As with other inhalation therapy paradoxical bronchospasm may occur with an immediate increase in wheezing after dosing.

• encomium: In the paradoxical encomium, however, he demonstrates that before God wholly different standards apply.

• perception: And that paradoxical perception allows the apprehension or revelation of the hidden unconditioned center of all experience.

• situation: In the case of success, a paradoxical situation arises: we obtain information about some region of space without any particle being there.

• intervention: But there is another reason why paradoxical intervention may function, which is rather more dramatic, but less common.

Modifying Another Word

• seemingly: IV Could this seemingly paradoxical way of looking at things have any feasible basis?

• somewhat: The contrast here is, at least in my view, somewhat paradoxical.

• apparently: Of course it is only apparently paradoxical, the former is a direct cause of the latter.

• rather: The build-up to a really big Tsunami seems to be rather paradoxical: the tide actually goes out - much further than usual.

• however: As a martyr, he must explain his actions and give meaning, however paradoxical, to his last moments.

• sometimes: His writings emphasize the limited, ambivalent, and sometimes paradoxical nature of organizational learning.

Infinitive complement

• say: It seems paradoxical to say that we ought to love ourselves more than our neighbors.

• join: It may sound paradoxical to join two such apparently contradictory words as 'optimal ' and 'crisis ' .

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Indeed, he admits his views may seem paradoxical.

• appear: Given the prominence of Irving's political and racial beliefs at his trial, this result may appear paradoxical.

• sound: It sounds paradoxical: the events that made the universe habitable were catastrophic.

• become: When etailers increase their real estate holdings, as in happening in the USA, the debate becomes even more paradoxical.

Preposition: in

• sense: Hence, they may be paradoxical in sense ( 1 ).