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
• The president's threat is a reprisal of a stance he's made known in recent weeks.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 1 July 2020
• And regardless of whether the mom didn’t want to, perhaps fearing the dad’s reprisal.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022
• The person did not want to be identified for fear of reprisal.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2020
• All spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.
  — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 6 May 2021
• Lena, who gave only her first name for fear of reprisal, started to cry.
  — Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• Will the star of the original production make a reprisal in the movie version?
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 June 2020
• Medhat, like many who spoke to CNN, didn't want his name published for fear of reprisal.
  — Lina El Wardani, CNN, 29 Mar. 2021
• She and others spoke on the condition of anonymity in fear of reprisals.
  — Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2019
• In reprisal airstrikes, the Israel military has killed over 800 Gazans.
  — Maha Nassar, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2023
• The rhetoric has only grown more heated since, with reports that some sort of reprisal may come in the next three weeks.
  — Andy Greenberg, Wired, 8 Mar. 2021
• Israeli reprisals have killed more than 400 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
  — Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
• In Afghanistan, the Taliban promised not to exact reprisal from people who have opposed the group’s takeover.
  — Daric L. Cottingham, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2021
• 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
• Many Dachang residents, like Pan, declined to give their full names for fear of reprisal.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 30 Dec. 2019
• Now the entire Middle East is on edge, expecting an Israeli reprisal.
  — Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
• In the wake of the July uprising, practically all the senior party leaders fled the country, leaving the rank and file to suffer reprisals.
  — Charlie Campbell, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024