Sentence examples for a startling counterpoint to from inspiring English sources

Yet in a startling counterpoint to the notion of the tuatara as a holdover from Triassic Park, researchers lately have discovered that a few regions of tuatara DNA appear to be evolving at hyperspeed, possibly the fastest mutation rate yet clocked in a vertebrate genome.

The orange iron rich soil of Kaua'i pokes through giving it the feel of its bigger and older cousin in Arizona, but here the lush green jungle provides a startling counterpoint to all that rock.

The trees provide a startling counterpoint of color and contour to the uniformly tan and rectilinear houses and walls surrounding them.

There's a startling counterpoint in Hannah Reid's fleshy vocals; in full flight, as on Strong, she brings Evanescence-style emo to the hush, and she has the lung capacity of Sia Furler on Hey Now (whose intro is near-identical to Furler's Titanium).

It shows a vital counterpoint to Charleston's history.

It provides a neat counterpoint to the music.

Barnett, who is English, is a sharp counterpoint to Rubin.

We are a good counterpoint to each other".

A good German spätlese riesling should be a wonderful counterpoint to spicy chorizo boudin balls.

The Bundesbank's constant warnings are a healthy counterpoint to that temptation.

But in the show Ms. McKay provides a mature counterpoint to the childishness of the leads.