counterpoise

Example Sentences

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In that story, Aethon morphs into different animals as he journeys around the world, counterpoising the theme of constancy in Doerr’s book — in all books — with the idea that the only inevitability is change.

From Los Angeles Times

A magical fable about how Tevye originally got into the milk business back in Anatevka is counterpoised by a darker yarn that culminates in the historic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York.

From Los Angeles Times

The baby is not a metaphor, the narrator warns us, yet her wild, untrammeled, inscrutable being is everywhere counterpoised by the internet’s similarly enigmatic existence.

From New York Times

In the garden, hardy ferns add a counterpoise to everything else, and should be used far more and in greater numbers.

From Washington Post

She wasn’t dabbling in symbolism, but counterpoising characters and specific images that together create meaning.

From New York Times