How to Use counteract in a Sentence

counteract

verb

• The drug will counteract the poison.
• Now, though, the central bank is expected to use its tools to counteract inflation.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
• Morrison’s genius is in writing scenes that fill you with joy and sorrow at once, and this will give you a pre-emptive smile to counteract the tears bound to come.
  — Riza Cruz, ELLE, 16 Feb. 2022
• Add sweetness: A touch of sweetness can counteract excessive heat by softening its sharpness.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
• To counteract it, companies need to create a culture explicitly designed for hybrid and remote work.
  — Florent Crivello, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• The way to counteract that is by zooming out and staying focused on the multiyear opportunity, which still looks quite bright as AI adoption grows.
  — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
• Film production can also counteract decline in other economic areas, such as retail, Armstrong said.
  — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Jan. 2022
• Sweepers counteract this dynamic by brushing hard enough to generate heat, momentarily softening the ice pebbles in its path.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022
• Irrigation meant to counteract drought manages to keep food growing while sometimes depleting precious groundwater.
  — Eric Roston, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2022
• Schmitt said the money likely will be spent on more beds at in-patient addiction centers and emergency medicine used to counteract opioid overdoses, among other addiction resources.
  — Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2022
• The agency urges those who utilize public transit to exercise additional caution as others identify methods to counteract plans already made.
  — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
• 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 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 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
• 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
• 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
• One of the things that had been shown to counteract childhood trauma and increase the chances of resiliency was if a child had at least one adult who looked out for them.
  — Diana Marcumstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024