Sentence examples for act of retribution from inspiring English sources

That war was an act of retribution and prevention.

Enlisting Carter may have been a personal act of retribution.

That suggests the bombing was an act of retribution by the Taliban.

Poisoning one ex-spy in Britain might be a one-off, an exceptional act of retribution.

It calls out quite simply for one de cisive act of retribution.

(What this Israeli company does to the notoriously anti-Semitic Wagner, in particular, may count as an act of retribution).

I asked if Muslims were forbidden by Islamic law to engage in specific acts of retribution.

But the challenge will be for the popular mobilisation forces to avoid acts of retribution in areas cleared of Isis.

There was no fighting in the city between regular forces but there were acts of retribution and revenge.

Petty acts of retribution followed, such as the stealing of the water pump that irrigated the fields.

Residents complain that there has yet to be a single conviction of a soldier for such alleged acts of retribution.