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Emphasise by contrast
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counterpoint
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Counterpoint (also known as The Battle Horns or The General ) is an 1968 epic war film starring Charlton Heston , Maximilian Schell , and Leslie Nielsen . It is based on the novel The General by Alan Sillitoe . In the United States the film was released ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Water chestnuts and snow peas provided a light counterpoint to the duck. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The gnarly Texas scrub provides a vivid counterpoint to the fading sunlight. ▪ The government trading desk was a counterpoint ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Counterpoint \Coun"ter*point`\ (koun"t?r-point`), n. [Counter- + point.] An opposite point [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., of stitching, from Old French cuilte contrepointe "quilt stitched through and through," altered from coute pointe , from Medieval Latin culcita puncta "quilted mattress," from Latin culcita "cushion" + puncta , fem. past participle of pungere ...
Usage examples of counterpoint.
Among the interlaced melodies of the human counterpoint are love songs and anacreontics, marches and savage dance-rhythms, hymns of hate and loud hilarious chanties.
Smiling faces on folks laden with armsful of clothing, toiletries and treats, singing the praises of Bianca Germayne, played very well, especially when counterpointed against local government officials saying that everyone would have to tighten their belts and pull together until the crisis passed.
As her feet touched the drumskin, it began a deep-pitched roll, counterpointed by the cry of the Fiata.
Still, the blazing fireflowers brought ecstasy to the Point and Counterpoint, causing them to shift into their own frenzied syncopation.
When she saw the fallen gangbanger she began to scream Spanish obscenities at Laureano, a shrill counterpoint to the growing wail of sirens.
She may not have used her tongues, but she certainly used hips and chest in counterpoint to his thrusts.
Fits of weeping and malaise alternating with furious bouts of lovemaking were her idea of romantic counterpoint.
Two black-and-whites were parked nearby, radios providing a squawking counterpoint to the murmurs of the gathering crowd.
The two Cygnans tossed the word back and forth, like shrikes calling to each other in counterpoint.
Anne sings her Will o' the Wisp song and Will his Cassiopeia song again, and both are in counterpoint to the song of the Queen's Men.
As the tune came back around for a second time, Eric smiled to himself and began playing counterpoint.
Screams of rage and pain split the night, accompanied by the iron hammering of shod hooves throwing up sparks as they smashed down on stone, to the counterpoint of the clangour of steel on steel.
It was driven by a pair of Bas-Tyran guards and followed by four more on foot, their hobnails a counterpoint to the clangour of iron-rimmed wheels on stone and their halberds swaying as they marched in step.
It was clean, solid, healthy, joyous, inexhaustible girl, all clovery oils and pungencies, long limber waist and torso sophisticating the rhythmic counterpoint of solid, heated, thirsty hips, creating somehow along with release the small awarenesses of new hunger soon to rebuild.
Hosts of birds and reptilian creatures soared into the air, scattering madly, their panicked calls counterpointing the mad shouts of the demons.