REPRISAL in a Sentence
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Example sentences for REPRISAL, such as:
1. They didn't tell the police for fear of reprisal.
2. They promised that individuals could live freely without fear of reprisal from the military.
3. She tried to persuade the soldiers that they would not suffer reprisals if they surrendered.
4. We enjoyed the soprano's solo in Act I so much that we were delighted by its reprise in the finale.
5. Villagers have reported that thousands of homes have been burned to the ground in reprisal attacks mainly by the FDLR.
2. They promised that individuals could live freely without fear of reprisal from the military.
3. She tried to persuade the soldiers that they would not suffer reprisals if they surrendered.
4. We enjoyed the soprano's solo in Act I so much that we were delighted by its reprise in the finale.
5. Villagers have reported that thousands of homes have been burned to the ground in reprisal attacks mainly by the FDLR.
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Meanings and Examples of REPRISAL
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reprisal
n. action taken in return for injury or offense
Classic Sentence:
1 Gavroche disdainfully contented himself, by way of reprisal, with elevating the tip of his nose with his thumb and opening his hand wide.
2 Nothing can be more melancholy than these reprisals in painting, by a pack of cards, in the presence of stakes for the roasting of smugglers and of the cauldron for the boiling of counterfeiters.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
3 Mother Hucheloup did not appear to understand very clearly the benefit which she was to derive from these reprisals made on her account.
Example Sentence:
1 They promised that individuals could live freely without fear of reprisal from the military.
2 They didn't tell the police for fear of reprisal.
3 Villagers have reported that thousands of homes have been burned to the ground in reprisal attacks mainly by the FDLR.
4 She tried to persuade the soldiers that they would not suffer reprisals if they surrendered.
5 We enjoyed the soprano's solo in Act I so much that we were delighted by its reprise in the finale.