3 examples of counter-weight in sentences

This emigration, then, to Palestine was, in Germany's view, a counter-weight to the 100,000 annually lost to her through emigration to America and England.

Q.You implied that there is some other difference between single acting and double acting engines, than that which lies in the use or exclusion of the crank? A.Yes; single acting engines act only in one way by the force of the steam, and are returned by a counter-weight; whereas double acting engines are urged by the steam in both directions.

We must not corrupt the love of the good for its own sake by mixing with it the hope of future reward, which at the best is admissible only as a counter-weight against evil passions.

3 examples of  counter-weight  in sentences