counterpointing
- present participle of counterpoint.
Example Sentences
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Sontag, of course counterpointing, noted that “its most obvious trait is assertiveness of one kind or another.”
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2020
The television was on, and Tupac’s “Hail Mary” was playing on his phone, a tolling bell eerily counterpointing the opening rap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2019
The songs are more effective in a gentle, reflective mode — with lovely counterpointing of wistful, individual voices — than when they try to stir or rouse.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2014
Weirdly, it adds something here, counterpointing all the anger and defiance in the lyrics with an affecting frailty.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2012
As a draughtsman Leech has been admirably placed by Mr. du Maurier, who calls him a perfect ballad-writer as compared with the more scientific counterpointing of Charles Keene.
From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)
