counterpointed
- past participle of counterpoint.
- past tense form of counterpoint.
Example Sentences
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McGregor, whose movement style is often characterised by hyperkinetic complexity, extreme limb extensions counterpointed against buckling torsos, said that when he read the poem, he was drawn to its vivid physical imagery and beauty.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
“Tenet” is Nolan’s densely science-fictional take on the James Bond thriller, but essentially it’s about entropy and reverse entropy and a series of jaw-dropping action sequences that take place in that counterpointed slipstream of time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2021
This doesn’t always work in a trio setting, where there’s little melody to be counterpointed, but it’s quite powerful in Halvorson’s new octet.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2017
A glass of Château La Noë 2007 Muscadet counterpointed the meaty oysters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2010
Autograph in A.— 'Standard rhythm opened and counterpointed.
From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Bridges, Robert Seymour
