How to Use retaliate in a Sentence

retaliate

verb

• After the company announced plans to reduce benefits, the union threatened to retaliate by calling for a strike.
• What is the risk that Russia will retaliate against the West, and if so to what degree?
  — Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022
• But with Owens’ help, both men chose not to retaliate and to rebuild their lives in peace.
  — al, 27 July 2022
• Putin has vowed to retaliate against any and all involved.
  — Charles Maynes, NPR, 25 Mar. 2024
• The United States might then retaliate with a nuclear strike of its own, bringing the world to the edge of destruction.
  — Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2023
• The West has taken steps to blunt the impact on Europe if Mr. Putin decides to retaliate.
  — New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022
• Is Qatar likely to retaliate against the EU as relations take a dive?
  — Mostafa Salem, CNN, 21 Dec. 2022
• Bryan Abreu got the Astros out of the inning without further incident and the Mariners didn't attempt to retaliate in the bottom of the ninth.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 7 June 2022
• The naval anti-submarine drills marked the first joint exercise in six months, and North Korea promised to retaliate to the drills.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 19 Apr. 2023
• In some of the videos, staffers retaliate by launching ad hominem attacks at Gude or the other protesters.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2024
• If one person tries to take $100 in the early rounds, the other is likely to retaliate, and both walk away with nothing in future rounds.
  — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
• Iran has vowed to retaliate against Israel and hold the country’s ally, the U.S., answerable.
  — Mallory Moench, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
• Justus said the girl struck the officer in the face and knocked the officer's body camera to the ground, prompting the officer to retaliate by punching her in the face.
  — Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2022
• Last week, Bush Hager detailed how her 10-year-old daughter Mila felt left out of plans with her mom and aunt — and used queso dip to retaliate.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 2 Jan. 2024
• After getting slapped a few times by her husband, Jaya decides to take things in her own hands and trains in martial arts to retaliate.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
• Israel blamed Hezbollah for the attack and vowed to retaliate.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 28 July 2024
• Trade wars do the greatest damage to a country that is targeted and does not retaliate.
  — Tom Campbell, Orange County Register, 26 Oct. 2024
• The wave of attacks also comes after Moscow promised to retaliate for Kyiv’s strike on the Crimean Bridge earlier this week.
  — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• The next day, the victim retaliated by throwing a container of milk to the back, dousing a seventh-grader.
  — Caralee Adams, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
• Biden did not say exactly how the U.S. would retaliate.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2022
• The decision by the US to supply advanced weapons to Ukraine has sparked concern that Russia may retaliate.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 2 June 2022
• To retaliate, the queen’s friends put on drag of their own and conquered the Pines by boat, a spectacle that continues to this day and now draws thousands of visitors.
  — New York Times, 22 July 2022
• China could retaliate against the U.S. and Taiwan in other ways.
  — Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2022
• The United States had made the request anticipating that Iraq will retaliate against Turkey in the event of war.
  — CNN, 5 Apr. 2022
• Trump has a long history of trying to use the courts to retaliate against unfavorable press.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
• Iran has vowed to retaliate over the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran in late July.
  — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
• No doubt in those areas where Putin can retaliate, the energy sector is front and center there.
  — CBS News, 16 Feb. 2022
• Iran, which backs both Hamas and Hezbollah, has blamed Israel for the attacks, and is widely expected to retaliate.
  — Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 6 Aug. 2024
• This would hit more than $3 trillion in U.S. imports, and probably cause multiple trade wars, as other countries retaliate with tariffs of their own.
  — New York Times, 3 Nov. 2024
• This process was devised to allow the president to retaliate against a surprise nuclear attack within minutes, but it can also be used to launch a nuclear first strike.
  — Anthony Lake, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024