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
• When that happens, my mother and I feel the need to retaliate.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2021
• Putin has vowed to retaliate against any and all involved.
  — Charles Maynes, NPR, 25 Mar. 2024
• She's driven by fear her team will be killed by the Taliban, though the new government has promised not to retaliate against Afghans who helped the U.S..
  — Arkansas Online, 26 Nov. 2021
• She’s driven by fear her team will be killed by the Taliban, though the new government has promised not to retaliate against Afghans who helped the U.S..
  — Julie Watson, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Nov. 2021
• 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
• Did the Russian threat to retaliate against the US diminish?
  — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Raq’s crews continue to retaliate against each other, and all bets are off this time!
  — Kyesha Jennings, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2021
• Iran has vowed to retaliate against Israel and hold the country’s ally, the U.S., answerable.
  — Mallory Moench, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
• The war was launched weeks after the 9/11 attacks to retaliate against the al-Qaida plotters and the Taliban, who provided them safe haven.
  — Zeke Miller and Darlene Superville, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Maldonado-Passage hired the two men to kill Baskin in 2017 in a failed attempt to retaliate.
  — Lisa Kim, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
• 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 person on the receiving end may retaliate by blocking your right back.
  — Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 9 Aug. 2021
• 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 simplest response to an attack from a barrage of fiery cannonballs is to retaliate with your fiery cannonballs.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
• Colombia retaliated with its own tariffs, igniting the brief standoff.
  — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 14 Feb 2025