The accident was a strange counterpoint to a day in which most of the two million spectators were far away from the accident and had no idea it happened.

Six years of fighting had given Tomas a strange counterpoint to the dreams that still troubled his sleep.

In the corner, the harpist was manfully trying to play on, singing "I'll Go No More Roving" as a strange counterpoint to the dance of death in the front of the tavern.

The mellow saxophones of Les Robinson Hank Freeman, Tony Pastor, and Ronnie Perry provided strange counterpoint to the chaos and dissonance of the Santa Ana winds.

His nose chain tinkled gently; a strange counterpoint to his mad rumbling laughter.

He was reacting to the stitching, not what was being said, but it made a strange counterpoint to the discussion.

As a strange counterpoint to the chaos all around her, Sharon could see a bright blue sky outside the gaping hole in the wall.

They were as serious as actors on opening night, and the delicacy of the makeup work gave a strange counterpoint to the nature of the evening's performance.

He bore her a smile, a strange counterpoint to his anger.

The cat's purring was a strange counterpoint to the Aes Sedai's level voice.