Sentence examples for be retaliatory from inspiring English sources
adjective
Relating to or part of a retaliation.
- The hostile forces were at an impasse
It appeared to be retaliatory.
"It was only a matter of time before there was going to be retaliatory strikes," Mr. Boukhars said.
RFE/RL: Where do you see the military situation moving after India and Pakistan engaged in what appears to be retaliatory air strikes and cross-border shelling?
Back to the F.B.I. warning of today, which was based, it said, on certain information that there would be retaliatory attacks over the next several days.
"They have shown themselves to be retaliatory, and it really has the intended effect," said a Western lawyer who advises many multinationals in China, and who insisted on anonymity because he said that he feared retaliation.
"I don't believe there will be retaliatory measures against existing U.S. exports to China," although some purchasing expeditions may be delayed, said Andy Xie, an Asia economist for Morgan Stanley.
"They say it's retaliatory.
"To an extent, humor is retaliatory.
Chen believes the case is retaliatory, but remains unbowed.
She sued, charging that her firing was retaliatory.
Europe's standard defence against dumping is retaliatory tariffs.
