Sentence examples for quick to retaliate from inspiring English sources
Once an informant is known the drug traffickers are quick to retaliate.
Many militias attacking Bani Walid were from Misurata, the coastal western city that endured a punishing assault by Qaddafi forces during the uprising, and whose fighters have been quick to retaliate — often brutally — against loyalist towns.
Michael Fallon, the Conservative deputy chairman, was quick to retaliate to the charge that the coalition was soft on banks, saying that bankers received £62bn in bonuses between 2002 and 2009.
But others cautioned that Mr. Chen had been quick to retaliate for American and European trade actions instead of seeking to negotiate solutions, so his presence at the Commerce Ministry may not have acted as much of a brake on China's willingness to confront its trading partners.
The perception of an administration quick to retaliate was reinforced last week when a television camera at a contentious public hearing captured an angry mayoral aide telling a councilman that he "can forget about" a coveted city program in his district.
This has become the biggest challenge to the AKP government's 11-year rule and Mr Erdogan has been quick to retaliate, condemning the probe as a "dirty plot" to topple his government.
Just before he left the base, Morse said, Bales told a special forces soldier that he was unhappy with his family life, and that the troops should have been quicker to retaliate for a roadside bomb attack that claimed one soldier's leg.
Despite the fact that Israel has no intention of attacking, said Dagan, the Syrians are likely to retaliate over even the smallest incident, which could lead to quick escalation.
Hamas vowed to retaliate.
It is bound to retaliate.
