Sentence examples for responding to hostile from inspiring English sources

The soldiers said they were responding to hostile fire.

Reciprocity would hurt you here, as responding to hostile questions with angry answers will not lead to constructive dialogue.

Commanders said their soldiers were responding to hostile fire from a crowd of protesters in Falluja, a city of 300,000 about 35 miles west of Baghdad.

A senior US official in Islamabad said the government was engaging in "diplomacy by headlines" but Pakistan's leaders are also responding to hostile public opinion.

No 10 calculates the public will respond to hostile noises from teaching unions by giving reform a fair hearing.

According to a U.S. military review of the incident, our forces responded to hostile fire appearing to come from a location later identified as the Palestine Hotel.

I believe that Australia and the United States are better placed than at any time to respond to hostile events both predictable and random.

American trade policy "will respond to hostile economic competitors, will recognize the importance of technology, and will seek opportunities to work with other countries that share our goals," Robert E. Lighthizer, the United States trade representative, recently told the Senate Finance Committee.

U.S. troops supporting Kurdish and Sunni Arab fighters battling Islamic State in Syria have been wrestling with how to respond to hostile actions by Iranian-backed forces.

The Parliament also passed an amendment that would force companies to consult with unions or with their work forces before responding to a hostile bid and one that would oblige a target company to safeguard jobs when negotiating with an acquirer.

But Murdoch's company adopted a more defensive tone in responding to MPs' hostile description of its 81-year-old patriarch, noting that it considered the verdict "unjustified and highly partisan" because it was only agreed following a vote that saw Labour and the sole Liberal Democrat outvoting a Conservative bloc.