counterpoints
- present tense form of counterpoint (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Like the desert to the city, the tags are the comforting counterpoints to his plants, changeless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
Mr. Wiggins would wrap all manner of counterpoints around it, then burst out in a solo that could be aggressive or restrained, tight or relaxed.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2024
He unpacks the various factions and beliefs that make up progressive Christianity and offers six points that progressive Christians might use in arguments and six counterpoints for biblical Christians to have at their disposal.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
He also endeavored to delineate five counterpoints to her response's arguments to "assist Willis in understanding the relevant Constitutional and legal authorities of the Committee's oversight," according to the committee's X post.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2023
Or is there a kind of cosmic fugue, with themes and counterpoints, dissonances and harmonies, a billion different voices playing the life music of the Galaxy?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
