counterpoint
Example Sentences
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Such somber notes offer a counterpoint to the slapstick in this story, giving its humor a higher purpose.
Mascarpone frosting, lightly scented with cardamom and lemon, crowns the whole, airy yet substantial, a gentle counterpoint to the cake’s density.
From Salon
The Modern Jazz Quartet remade “Summertime” as elegant chamber music, weaving piano and vibraphone in transparent counterpoint.
Fast forward to the film’s final frame and you’ll find the scene’s apt symbolic counterpoint.
They offer a kind of rest, a reassurance in counterpoint to everything else flowing through our phones.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
