Sentence examples for make a retaliatory from inspiring English sources

(Detroit happened to place even higher on the list, but unfortunately, no one stepped up to make a retaliatory viral video for the Motor City).

He dreamed that Islamic terrorists had exploded a weapon of mass destruction in the United States and that Washington had made a retaliatory strike in the Muslim world.

Several hours after the riot had been broken up, police made a retaliatory raid on a gay bar in San Francisco's Castro District.

Hours after the riots had ended, police made a retaliatory raid on the streets of the Castro District and the Elephant Walk Bar (now renamed "Harvey's").

"He ordered them to make a powerful retaliatory strike at the enemy, should the enemy intrude even 0.001 millimeters into the waters of the country where its sovereignty is exercised," the official Korean Central News Agency reported, without stating when Mr. Kim visited the coastal artillery positions, which were involved in an attack on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong in 2010.

Yeltsin, presumably with vodka close at hand, had less than five minutes to make a decision on a retaliatory strike.

It may also be to provoke a retaliatory response, or to enact revenge on or to make a statement about the worth of one's enemy.

"If the U.S. imperialists and their followers dare make a pre-emptive attack, they will be made to keenly realize what a real nuclear war and real retaliatory blows are like," he said.

Many members of Congress believe China's exchange rate policy gives it an unfair trade advantage, and a movement has been growing to take retaliatory trade action if China did not make an adjustment.

Both he and President Obama made a largely moral case for a retaliatory response.

Before making a threat, assess the potential impact of a retaliatory response, lest you initiate a battle that you aren't prepared to fight.