Sentence examples for be counteracting from inspiring English sources
verb
To act in opposition to; thwart; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
Parents should be counteracting this by telling their children they'll support whatever makes them happy.
Many scientists suspect that wine, another staple of the French meal, may be counteracting the harmful effects of a fatty diet.
These results suggest that during austral fall, low growth or high zooplankton grazing could be counteracting the positive effect by icebergs on phytoplankton biomass, otherwise observed in summer months.
Sediment gross primary production was lower in the sediment closer to reefs, but when adults of the high-density local crab that live underneath reefs were excluded, the productivity increased, suggesting that the activity of the crabs could be counteracting the reef effect on sediment.
Moreover, "broader and deeper exposure appears to be counteracting some of the core messages of the North Korea propaganda apparatus and may be providing some basis for the development of counter-narratives in the minds of North Koreans," says the report.
Alternatively, increased localization of the protein to the nucleus might be counteracting the detrimental impact of the increase in cytoplasmic transamidating activity.
Too much salt needs to be counteracted with acid, cream or butter.
It wasn't bad, but after years of denigrating the European Union, the poison can't easily be counteracted.
A walking robot, by contrast, can fall in many directions, including some that cannot easily be counteracted by a motor.
Analysts said the negative effect of the economic reports could only be counteracted by positive news from corporations.
Instead, a thumbs-down view will soon be counteracted by thumbs up from other readers.
