Sentence examples for able to strike back from inspiring English sources

The U.S.S.R. would always be able to strike back.

Is the United States willing or able to strike back with comparable ruthlessness?

For the time being, divisions within the movement have been healed, the carnage caused by Israel is making them popular, and they are still able to strike back.

If the regime manages to entrench itself in that zone, it may be able to strike back at the rest of the country, where the rebels still have the upper hand.

A missed vote on heating oil and a vote against disclosure of the new secret 527 slush funds have become easy fodder for Mrs. Clinton, although Mr. Lazio was able to strike back on the heating-oil vote by pointing out that one of her Congressional supporters skipped it in order to raise money with her.

After months of Facebook owning Google in just about every way imaginable (well, except search, of course — but the rise of social is slowly making search less important), Google has finally been able to strike back with Google+.

Beijing has made it clear that it will build as many missiles as it needs to be able to overwhelm Taiwan -- and to strike back should it be attacked by America.

Foster decided to strike back.

But Whitehall might be about to strike back.

Now Google is preparing to strike back.

If they struck at us, we knew where to strike back.