How to Use reprisal in a Sentence

reprisal

noun

• The hostages were taken in reprisal for the bombing.
• The allies threatened economic reprisals against the invading country.
• Enemy officers suffered harsh reprisals.
• The cousin asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal.
  — Joseph Krauss, ajc, 1 Feb. 2022
• The toys’ reprisal comes after more than 25 years off the market.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
• In reprisal, Hamas fired rockets at the city for the first time in seven years.
  — Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• Three judges have stepped down from the case amid fears of reprisals, and a fourth one was dismissed.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2023
• To affirm a just cause for Putin’s reprisals, the regime needs to repress the record of Stalin’s.
  — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
• Both women gave just their first name for fear of reprisals.
  — Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2023
• Julio Urías is plotting his own reprisal of a strong 2021.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2022
• The 39-year-old asked not to be identified by his full name for fear of reprisal.
  — Hanna Arhirova, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Oct. 2022
• All asked not to be identified by name due to fears of reprisal.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
• And regardless of whether the mom didn’t want to, perhaps fearing the dad’s reprisal.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022
• Lena, who gave only her first name for fear of reprisal, started to cry.
  — Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• In reprisal airstrikes, the Israel military has killed over 800 Gazans.
  — Maha Nassar, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2023
• Israeli reprisals have killed more than 400 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
  — Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
• The small group of Chinese Catholics who crossed the border to see Pope Francis covered their faces for fear of reprisal.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2023
• Many declined to speak on the record, for fear of reprisal or ridicule from employers or social groups.
  — Amy Harmon, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2022
• At the time, analysts warned that the U.S. strike was likely to incur reprisal attacks.
  — Yeganeh Torbati, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
• The people spoke to The Washington Post on the condition that only their last name be used, out of fear of state reprisal.
  — Lyric Li, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
• The couple spoke to The Washington Post, and asked to be identified only with Yana’s first name, for fear of reprisal.
  — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2022
• Of those nine, CPJ has confirmed that three of those journalists were killed in direct reprisal for their work.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022
• Müller was an exception, receiving a death sentence from a Greek court for his role in the reprisals.
  — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
• Fearful of reprisal, the river dwellers hid the evidence, throwing the bodies in a common grave.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022
• This is in large part the work of the women themselves, who filed lawsuits and went public with their stories despite fears of reprisal.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2022
• In the first day of reprisals, close to 400 Palestinians were killed, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
  — Aaron Pilkington, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2023
• The family did not want to use their full names out of fear of reprisals from Israeli authorities.
  — Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024
• Fortunately, there was no reprisal against the United States.
  — Chris Blattman, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2022
• But that means they could be drafted for Moscow’s war effort, said 26-year-old Sergei, who declined to give his last name to avoid reprisals.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
• The program is designed to allow workers to report risks without fear of reprisal.
  — Ian Duncan and Luz Lazo, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024