How to Use counteract in a Sentence

counteract

verb

• The drug will counteract the poison.
• The crunchy peanuts and a sprinkle of fleur de sel counteract the sweetness of the caramel, which acts as a binder.
  — New York Times, 1 Apr. 2022
• The team also gave the animal a drug to keep it sleeping and another later to counteract the effects of the first.
  — Laura Ungar, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• The banana provides some fiber along with a healthy dose of potassium, a mineral that can help counteract the effects of sodium on blood pressure.
  — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2022
• But just what those advantages are and how to counteract them—and whether that is necessary or even possible—has been fiercely debated.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2022
• The descendent of a long line of preachers, Ellis once sought to counteract the stutter, to bend their voice into more normative patterns.
  — Wren Sanders, Them, 27 Sep. 2024
• Their presence actually counteracted the response to men, like an antidote to a poison.
  — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
• To break out of the scoring rut, the Bulls are focusing on a return to their roots, which emphasize a high volume of passes to spread the floor and counteract their lack of size.
  — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2022
• Both candidates have portions of their agenda that would raise cash for the federal government, but not enough to fully counteract budget-busting proposals.
  — Neil Irwin, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
• But its combination of hydrating sweet almond, marula, and geranium oils counteract the drying effects.
  — Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2022
• Research has shown that transparency can create accountability and counteract both conscious and unconscious bias.
  — Josie Cox, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
• The use of hair-trigger stimulus to counteract signs of economic weakness would be diminished, making recessions and therefore shorter cycles more likely.
  — Paul Swartz, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2022
• The traditional explanation was that hard exercise produces lactic acid, and baking soda is a base that counteracts that rising acidity.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2024
• If sustained, that investment boom could boost productivity and living standards and counteract inflation pressure.
  — David Harrison, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2022
• For example, if the car turns right the dots will float across to the left to counteract the motion of the car.
  — Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 16 May 2024
• The only way to counteract that is to try and find a few hours in the day to make sure to spend a few hours out of AC.
  — Jason Thomas Gordon, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023
• Again, the goal is to balance and counteract the saltiness, not make the gravy sweet.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
• To counteract this effect, the ship has to be steered at an angle.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 29 Apr. 2022
• The strategy aimed in part to counteract the risk of music leaks.
  — Neil Shah, WSJ, 16 June 2022
• All through the night, Pembridge and his team slowly angled into the waves to try and counteract the impact of the wind.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 29 Apr. 2022
• This is a good thing, as this device helps to counteract the effect of the weight of your breasts pulling your chest and front side forward, Smith says.
  — Women's Health, 17 May 2023
• This could counteract the savings that the reforms are meant to create.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Feb. 2023
• In the end, these two effects counteract and produce a zero field.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2022
• And Ukraine is maybe the only state in our part of the world which in all these ten years has been trying to counteract this negative trend.
  — Time, 7 Oct. 2022
• Once again, the room has a pop of color with green seating counteracting the simple black and white features of the home.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
• With one foot back, the upward-pushing force from the floor would counteract the rotation of the other two forces.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2023
• The small space doesn’t allow for a retractable roof, but the A’s are hoping to counteract that with the large window facing the strip beyond the outfield.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
• Older skiers can counteract the effects with two hard and fast rules: Be willing to train and know your limits on the slopes.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2023
• The bill’s passage means there’s more for taxpayers to know, both to counteract recent wild claims and to prepare for what’s ahead.
  — Laura Saunders, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
• Meta will counteract on the grounds that promotion is, at the end of the day, content, predicts Fordham’s Rashbaum.
  — Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024