How to Use counterprotest in a Sentence

counterprotest

noun

• No arrests were reported, and there was no sign of a counterprotest.
  — Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2021
• The counterprotest is expected to be smaller than the Women’s March.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2020
• But an even larger number of locals turned out for a counterprotest.
  — Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2021
• It was met by a counterprotest from a small band of transgender rights campaigners, Reuters video showed.
  — Amy Cassidy, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
• So, another group that included Leete, took to the rally in a counterprotest, according to the Post.
  — NBC News, 17 July 2021
• Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who has been arrested in connection to the shooting in Kenosha, was part of an armed counterprotest during the riots.
  — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2020
• At a counterprotest the following morning, James Alex Fields Jr. rammed a car into a crowd, killing one person and injuring 35.
  — Shane Harris, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
• Sunday’s counterprotest was a rare instance of public pushback over the convoy.
  — Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2022
• Last month, Kleinhenz helped organize a counterprotest to a group outside city hall demanding the city defund the police.
  — Emily Wilder, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2020
• There have been hundreds of protests and counterprotests on college campuses, with some of them turning violent.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2024
• The reason the mayor needs a view on the war in Gaza is that its aftershocks play out on London’s streets—in protests and counterprotests, in rising antisemitism and Islamophobia.
  — Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
• In recent weeks, pro-Palestinian protests have spread across U.S. campuses, met with arrests and counterprotests.
  — Koh Ewe, TIME, 6 May 2024
• Another group, which included Leete, soon showed up in a counterprotest, and Leete delivered her address.
  — NBC News, 22 July 2021
• As some in the rally caravanned by car to Salem, the state capital, the Proud Boys joined a group of right-wing demonstrators who rushed across a street and began attacking people who had set up a leftist counterprotest.
  — Alan Feuer, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2020
• In Tel Aviv, thousands of pro-government marchers gathered in a counterprotest Sunday, attempting to block a major highway.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 23 July 2023
• The counterprotest was organized by Power Up Manchester after students at the high school sought help in organizing a response to the rally.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2020
• There were no major counterprotests, but some attendees voiced frustration.
  — CBS News, 12 May 2024
• The ranks of protesters had grown to what police said were 4,000 demonstrators by Saturday, and a counterprotest of frustrated Ottawa residents attempting to block the convoy of trucks from entering the downtown emerged Sunday.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2022
• The spate of resignations came after a fellow emergency response team officer was put on leave after following a counterprotest to a Proud Boys rally that never occurred.
  — Carly Ortiz-Lytle, Washington Examiner, 16 Apr. 2021
• Police were investigating whether the car was affiliated with a nearby counterprotest, the officials said.
  — Ben Chapman, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024