Definition of "counterpointed" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of counterpoint. (verb)

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• "Beautiful, green, the remoteness of Exmoor counterpointed by the glorious surf of the Atlantic beaches, coast roads with views of the craggy shoreline."
• "A stunning composition of parallel horizontals formed by the open-air stone steps of Adalaj, India, are vertically counterpointed with a tall pillar in the right foreground."
• "The ironies so mordantly delivered by Michael Hordern, in the film's elegantly phrased voice-over, counterpointed the beauty of Stanley's immaculate staging."