Use of reprisal in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include reprisal at the start of sentence, reprisal at the end of sentence and reprisal in the middle of sentence

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reprisal at the end of sentence


  1. People were shot in reprisal.
  2. Civilian targets were bombed in reprisal.
  3. They bombed civilian targets in reprisal.
  4. They didn't tell the police for fear of reprisal .
  5. There is no political alternative but a big reprisal.
  6. Given the power of the managerial hierarchy to dispense or withhold rewards, open acts of defiance expose individuals to reprisal.
  7. Between 1953 and 1955, the United States could have effectively destroyed the Soviet Union with little likelihood of serious reprisal.

reprisal in the middle of sentence


  1. The assassination was in reprisal for invasion.
  2. A reprisal for her unwillingness to co-operate last night?
  3. Civilian targets were bombed in reprisal ( for the raid ).
  4. His murder was a reprisal for an injury to a rival gang member.
  5. The attack was in reprisal for the kidnapping of their leaders.
  6. His murder was reprisal for injury to some one in a rival gang.
  7. This was widely viewed as a reprisal for the reporting of Gough.
  8. Alfred was shot in reprisal for the killing of a rival gang member.
  9. They shot ten hostages in reprisal for the assassination of their leader.
  10. A dozen hostages were shot in reprisal for the killing of an army officer.
  11. Rumour had it ( that ) he was killed in a reprisal raid in the local area.
  12. Mr. Bush makes thinly veiled threat of reprisal against his backers in Afghanistan.
  13. They bombed the enemy villages in reprisal for the killing some of their own troops.
  14. They were afraid of reprisal because the Arabs had just ambushed a relief convoy at Kubri.
  15. They promised that individuals could live freely without fear of reprisal from the military.
  16. Individuals can express their opinions, orally and in writing, without fear of reprisal or punishment.
  17. As we have argued above, since all nuclear weapons are indiscriminate and inhumane, their use even in reprisal is illegal.
  18. The decision takes immediate effect and will remove for many workers the threat of reprisal from aggrieved party officials.
  19. In the distance smoke rose over the old city, where Hindu mobs were massacring Sikhs in reprisal for Indira's assassination.
  20. Although the country's leftists objected, few risked reprisal by speaking out.But Obama Sr. boldly published a counterproposal.
  21. Theirs is a heteronomous morality: they have few rules of their own, but out of fear of reprisal, may follow the rules of others.
  22. That piercing gaze threatened immediate reprisal, the tough, unyielding stance of his hard body blocked her path and intimidated her.

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