How to Use countersue in a Sentence

countersue

verb
  • Gwyneth is countersuing for $1, claiming that Sanderson is the one who ran into her back).
    Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
  • That's because Catherine would then countersue, saying Marisa had falsely blamed her and her husband Clint for the crime and that all of her claims were untrue.
    CBS News, 7 May 2022
  • Trump attempted to countersue, but a judge rejected the bid.
    Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Paltrow countersued for $1 and for her legal expenses to be covered, CBS News says.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Cohn’s advice was to countersue the government for $100 million.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 18 June 2020
  • Critics say the company’s threat to countersue the patient sets a bad example, even if the man’s illness is deemed unrelated to the study vaccine.
    Sanjay Kumar, Science | AAAS, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Trump attempted to countersue Carroll on the grounds that her defamation suit was baseless, but his effort was rejected by Kaplan in March.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Apple countersued Epic, accusing it of breach of contract.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Paltrow, 50, is countersuing for $1 and attorney's fees, claiming Sanderson caused the crash.
    Allison Elyse Gualtieri, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Universal denied the company’s claims in court and countersued in August 2022, saying DyMoRides breached the contract.
    Katie Rice, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Paltrow, for her part, is countersuing for $1 and a reimbursal of attorney fees.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Luke, real name Lukasz Gottwald, countersued that same year, vehemently denying all her allegations and claiming that the singer had defamed him.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Giuliani threatened to countersue Dominion in a statement responding to the lawsuit.
    Haley Victory Smith, Washington Examiner, 25 Jan. 2021
  • On Tuesday, the judge seemed to have little patience for arguments by Trump's lawyers saying that Trump should be able to countersue Carroll under a law sometimes used to challenge defamation lawsuits that unfairly make claims.
    Larry Neumeister, ajc, 23 Feb. 2022
  • In response, Paltrow countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.
    Sam Metz, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The Trumps settled the case two years later after trying unsuccessfully to countersue the Justice Department.
    Clarence Page Chicago Tribune (tns), Star Tribune, 3 Aug. 2020
  • In 2021, former employees of Good Smile’s Los Angeles office—embroiled in a legal dispute about the future of their employment—countersued the company.
    WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Paltrow has countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees, alleging that Sanderson veered into her from behind.
    Sam Metz, ajc, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Paltrow subsequently countersued for the symbolic $1 and attorneys' fees — claiming Sanderson had crashed into her from behind and was suing to exploit her fame and celebrity.
    CBS News, 2 May 2023
  • Paltrow countersued Sanderson in 2019 accusing him of slamming into her instead.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Paltrow is countersuing Sanderson for one dollar plus attorney fees.
    Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Paltrow, who has repeatedly denied running into Sanderson, countersued for $1 and her legal fees.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Siegel then countersued, accusing Presley of wasting her inheritance and owing him money.
    Anousha Sakoui Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 17 May 2023
  • In response, Paltrow countersued Sanderson for $1 plus additional legal fees.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2023
  • In a court filing last year, Stone Harbour countersued on counts including intentional and negligent misrepresentation and fraudulent inducement.
    Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023

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