| In war movies the white masculine hero is often counterpoised against an exoticized, demonic, and dehumanized nonwhite opponent. |
| In one excellent slow-motion scene his brutal vandalism is counterpoised with his young sister's performance in the glitzy pre-teen dance troupe Sparkle Motion. |
| The coarse texture of the concrete is counterpoised to the silky surface of aluminium kitchen fittings and gleaming expanse of woodblock floor. |
| But here too, counterpoised to one tendency in his psychology, there is another. |
| It is difficult not to wax nostalgic when gold is counterpoised to inflation, currency depreciation, exchange-rate uncertainty and chronic balance-of-payments shortfalls. |
| Any remaining undissolved can be filtered off on a counterpoised filter paper, and heated in a water oven until absolutely dry. |
