Sentence examples for possibility of retribution from inspiring English sources

Supporters appealed to their audience by decrying the brutality of slavery and the possibility of retribution.

Instead, worried at hurt feelings and a vague possibility of retribution, I apologised.

As the protests have wound down, the possibility of retribution against the organizers has surfaced as a concern among activists, so far without much evidence.

I took away the account books and I will give them to the police.' When we asked her for her name she politely declined still fearing the possibility of retribution.

The police on Monday were investigating the possibility that the shooting had been retribution for an earlier dispute, possibly involving Mr. Hennis or one of his associates.

Hearing from the Voice of America and the BBC's shortwave broadcasts of American generals' cautious plans for moving into Baghdad, the family members said they were worried about the possibility of violent retribution against people like themselves, people with Western educations and relatives in America, if the progress toward the American capture of Baghdad was slow.

It reminds me of the fervor following 9/11, when it seemed every building in Manhattan flew the American flag and Sikh cab drivers declared their patriotic bona fides on the dashboard to reduce the possibility of violent retribution from enraged passengers.

And so, before the Court of Appeal could issue a decision to salvage the possibility of exacting some retribution from Harran the prosecution agreed to settle.

His first book, Wisdom in Transition: Act and Consequence in Second Temple Instructions (Brill, 2008), addresses ancient conceptions of retribution and the possibility of an afterlife.

"I cannot in good conscience remain silent on this, even if those who have spoken to me choose to do so out of fear of retribution or the possibility of a media circus where they could be twice victimized".

We do this so that we are free to vote our convictions, protected from the fear of retribution and from the possibility of our votes being bought.