Sentence examples for were ready to counter from inspiring English sources

And the freshmen, having learned a thing or two, were ready to counter when a reporter from The Rocky Mountain News showed up.

The group Angel Action, which were ready to counter Westboro Baptist Church protests at the funerals of the Tucson, Ariz., shooting victims in 2011, created a Facebook event to gather others to protect the Newtown funerals as well.

The Navy is "ready to counter malevolent actions," Lt. Rebecca Rebarich added.

At a lavish military parade, Kim said that his country was ready to counter any threat posed by the United States.

Bill was ready to counter that with, for example, reminiscences from a 1983 Arkansas education-budget fight.

As Showtime edges closer to its competitor's subscriber numbers, though, HBO is ready to counter with a host of prominent projects over the next six months.

In 1500 he was sent to Italy in command of a larger force, for cooperation with Louis XII of France against the Ottoman Turks but also to be ready to counter French ambitions in regard to Naples.

"Iran, with divine assistance, has always been ready to counter such hostile actions, and we are not concerned at all about the sanctions," Mr. Salehi said at a news conference in Tehran.

Mr. Salehi told a press conference that "Iran, with divine assistance, has always been ready to counter such hostile actions and we are not concerned at all about the sanctions".

Anyone may at any time use force, and all must constantly be ready to counter such force with force.

"We have to be ready for what they throw at us and be ready to counter that with our own style of play".