Example sentences for: counterpart

How can you use “counterpart” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In such cases, the term may be used in a descriptive sense to indicate that something is less intense than its nonlight counterpart.

  • The weird thing about Stanton's real-life counterpart is that when he speaks, even when I'm pretty sure he's obfuscating, dissembling (OK, lying ), I believe him.

  • As a counterpart to Westminster’s Big Ben, the 98-m (294-ft) Peace Tower, with clocks on all four sides and a 53-bell carillon, was built in front of the Center Block as a monument to World War I. Take the elevator to the observation deck for a fine view of the town from just below the clocks.

  • Since bastard (the only equivalent male counterpart to whore ) is listed rather benignly under the heading, Family, we find under rogue (the sole alternative to bastard ) sixty-eight equivalents, including drumble, scroyle, and varletto.

  • Rig once applied to wagons; so did truck and its British counterpart lorry .


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