Sentence examples for form of retaliation from inspiring English sources

Politicians and community leaders of all persuasions pleaded with loyalist terrorists not to retaliate, but some form of retaliation seems almost inevitable.This time those willing to speculate about the IRA's motives had a weary air about them.

In perhaps the most common form of retaliation, many are simply staying home.

"I certainly would hope that their examination of our survival is not any form of retaliation".

Ms. Gonzalez said she had been frightened to take the test, which she viewed as a form of retaliation.

He also underlined a commitment to zero-tolerance on any form of retaliation against staff who speak out.

His wife, Valerie Plame, was outed as a CIA spy - a form of retaliation that ended her career.

Patton talked about how victims of sexual assault in the military "perceive retaliation in the form of social retaliation, leadership retaliation, again, perceiving different forms of retaliation".

"We feel strongly that these suits are one of the most unacceptable and outrageous forms of retaliation," she said.

"Is that such a bad thing for democracy?" Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said that at least some forms of retaliation, notably economic boycotts and picketing, were constitutionally protected.

An initiative so reviled and so easily caricatured across the Islamic world will inspire terrorists to action and invite various forms of retaliation against Americans.

Possible forms of retaliation include landing fighter jets on airstrips Beijing has built in disputed areas, declaring an air defence identification zone, or ADIZ, over the South China Sea or kicking off a dredging campaign at Scarborough Shoal, which is claimed by both the Philippines and China.