How to Use reprisal in a Sentence

reprisal

noun

• The hostages were taken in reprisal for the bombing.
• The allies threatened economic reprisals against the invading country.
• Enemy officers suffered harsh reprisals.
• The agencies went further, vowing future reprisals should the firms not heed the warning.
  — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2020
• Most spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect their jobs or out of fear of reprisals from law enforcement officials.
  — Jan Ransom, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2020
• And on social media platforms, censorship extends to self-censorship, as users restrict their own speech out of fear of reprisal.
  — Majd Al-Waheidi, NPR, 18 Sep. 2024
• Warehouse employees were notified about the most recent case on Wednesday, according to a worker who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal.
  — Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2020
• Other lawmakers have made oblique references to fears of violent reprisals from Trump supporters.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 7 Feb. 2020
• Previously, people were too afraid of reprisal to develop property formerly owned by the Mob.
  — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
• The past week has seen near-daily incidences of mortar and rocket fire aimed at Israel followed by Israeli military reprisals.
  — Dov Lieber, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2020
• Despite fear of reprisal against their families, the diaspora increasingly talks to the press and demands answers on social media.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2020
• The killing of Akil two days later was another signal that the Israeli government had now decided to try to change the rules of this risky game of reprisals and counter-reprisals.
  — Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2024
• Aníbal, who declined to give his last name for fear of reprisal from immigration authorities, joined the group from his hometown of Santa Rosa, Guatemala.
  — Fox News, 24 Jan. 2020
• The cousin asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal.
  — Joseph Krauss, ajc, 1 Feb. 2022
• The toys’ reprisal comes after more than 25 years off the market.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
• In reprisal, Hamas fired rockets at the city for the first time in seven years.
  — Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• Three judges have stepped down from the case amid fears of reprisals, and a fourth one was dismissed.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2023
• To affirm a just cause for Putin’s reprisals, the regime needs to repress the record of Stalin’s.
  — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
• Both women gave just their first name for fear of reprisals.
  — Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2023
• Julio Urías is plotting his own reprisal of a strong 2021.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2022
• The 39-year-old asked not to be identified by his full name for fear of reprisal.
  — Hanna Arhirova, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Oct. 2022
• All asked not to be identified by name due to fears of reprisal.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
• The president's threat is a reprisal of a stance he's made known in recent weeks.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 1 July 2020
• And regardless of whether the mom didn’t want to, perhaps fearing the dad’s reprisal.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022
• The person did not want to be identified for fear of reprisal.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2020
• All spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.
  — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 6 May 2021
• Lena, who gave only her first name for fear of reprisal, started to cry.
  — Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• Will the star of the original production make a reprisal in the movie version?
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 June 2020
• Medhat, like many who spoke to CNN, didn't want his name published for fear of reprisal.
  — Lina El Wardani, CNN, 29 Mar. 2021
• In reprisal airstrikes, the Israel military has killed over 800 Gazans.
  — Maha Nassar, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024