How to Use counterattack in a Sentence

counterattack

noun

• Ten minutes later, McLean charged in from the left wing on a counterattack, getting a shot off but unable to slot it past keeper Robert Sanchez.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 24 July 2024
• Jess Fishlock won the ball in the midfield and sprung the Reign on a counterattack.
  — Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2021
• And Ukraine seems far from ready for a counterattack to turn the tide.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 1 June 2022
• Both sides laid thousands of mines in the run-up to the counterattack.
  — Eve Sampson, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• Of the two teams, Georgia looked the most likely to get the next goal and was a constant threat on the counterattack.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 26 June 2024
• Though Red Bull had pulled ahead, it was braced for a counterattack.
  — Jonathan Clegg, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2023
• The Rangers faced fierce counterattacks by the Germans and spent the next two days engaged in combat.
  — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 June 2024
• The first solid attempt of the half was a shot that went wide right again for Boli in the 55th minute, created off the counterattack.
  — Kyle Garcia For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2023
• Haire scored on a counterattack and again after scooping a loose ball near the goal.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 23 Apr. 2021
• In the south, hearts go out for victims of Israeli counterattacks in Gaza.
  — Christopher Cottrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
• Below, what to know about the high-stakes counterattack.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 6 June 2023
• The other, which was more open after the Ukrainian counterattack, leads southwest to the town of Ivanivske.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
• In the counterattack, Sarver streaked down the field, as defenders tried to chase him down.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Dec. 2022
• Orlando’s first-half goal came via the best counterattack to sting the Wave in the franchise’s two-plus seasons.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024
• Russia and Ukraine are locked in a deadly back and forth of attacks and counterattacks.
  — Yurii Shyvala Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 23 July 2023
• But a counterattack would require huge resources, and could come at a heavy toll.
  — New York Times, 25 July 2022
• In both cases, the plan would see Ukraine rebuild its forces this year and resume counterattacks no later than in the spring of 2025.
  — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2024
• When the Hawks get stops, Richardson wants to create offense from the counterattack.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
• The Galaxy made it 3-1 in the 75th minute with a lightning-quick counterattack as Sporting pushed for the equalizer.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2024
• Boateng helped set up the third goal, breaking away on a counterattack, Jones finishing after a Buchanan shot was blocked in the 85th minute.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2021
• Betsy Hassett pulled that back for New Zealand on a counterattack in the 72nd minute.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2021
• Mbappé scored his first goal in the 74th minute when he was left unmarked to blast in a long-range shot following a counterattack.
  — Time, 4 Dec. 2022
• Then you guys wrote a counterattack for James to deliver on air.
  — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
• On a quick counterattack, Shinyashiki raced up the left flank and got behind the Timbers back line before crossing to Lewis at the back post.
  — Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2021
• The counterattack on the village was not without cost for the residents.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2022
• Dahlen added his second goal on a counterattack just over a minute later.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Oct. 2021
• The 1st Division then suffered seven counterattacks over the next 72 hours, but kept the town.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
• Harris made a full-field run in the final minutes of play to cut off Pugh from a one-on-one counterattack goal, punching the ball away from her feet to force a missed shot.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• Abby Smith rushed up to meet Debinha on a counterattack in the 20th minute and was able to smother the ball, preventing a would-be Courage score.
  — oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2022
• One counterattack will be Kareem Hunt, who can run and catch equally well.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024