She means nothing in the world, but simply to retaliate upon France--and she is sorry that almost the whole force of the blow falls upon us, but it is unavoidable.
The English for shame's sake can't get out of the Union, so they retaliate by saying that the Scotch have no sense of humour.
In its retreat, the column was accompanied by the unhappy Protestant inhabitants, who feared to remain behind, lest the Irish should retaliate upon them the sufferings which had been inflicted upon their countrymen.
The Irish have several of ours prisoners in the town, and they would rightly retaliate by hanging them on the battlements.
These had forsaken all, and flocked into Dublin, fearing that the Irish wouldretaliate for past grievances by a general massacre.
In his younger days he had been but too prompt to retaliate on those who attacked him; but now, conscious of his great services, and of the space which he filled in the eyes of all mankind, he would not stoop to personal squabbles.
He instantly proceeded to retaliateon his adversaries.
I did not mind her beginning to say the verb aimer, because I always used to retaliate with something Italian, and she was beaten directly; for any one with half an eye could see why she was so fond of that especial study.
Though his Court had not resolved to retaliate upon the prisoners taken by the common enemy, yet for the reasons assigned, the King, his master, had assented to the proposal.
And some of the younger Indian men try to retaliate as far as they dare, by being in their turn off-hand and cheeky.
There are indications that the village low-caste people are beginning to retaliate for whatever oppression they may have had to undergo, by becoming rather insolent to their betters.
After the wedding the women of the bride's party attack those of the bridegroom's with bamboo sticks, while these retaliate by throwing red powder on them.
Lee ordered two of our divisions to drive Sedgwick back, the men, learning the enemy with the flag of truce had given no quarter to their comrades, refused to fight unless permitted to retaliate in kind.
The temptation is strong for our army to retaliate on the soil of Pennsylvania.
Baylor acknowledges its genuineness, and says the Apaches murdered our people invited to make a treaty with them, and he says it is his intention to retaliate by extermination of them.
President Davis hesitates to retaliate life for life in regard to the Missouri military executions.
It was difficult to convince the Spanish and Portuguese troops that they ought not to retaliate upon the French; but the Portuguese at least attended to the exhortation.
The company gathered eagerly round, expecting I would retaliate wittily, or pay him back in his coin of abuse.
If Britain has at any time since complained of American protective policy, she must remember that it was inherited by British colonies, and was fostered by a desire to retaliate on her with her own methods before she became a freetrader.
The National Government under the Articles of Confederation could destroy the commerce of an enemy, but could not retaliate upon the products of an unfriendly rival in time of peace.
My 'twist' takes the form of an uncontrollable desire to retaliate upon those who have deliberately, through sheer cruelty and without any personal reason for their animosity, gone out of their way to hurt me.
It was determined that in future, when the enemy's gunboats bombarded our camps and huts, we should retaliateby throwing shells into their camp.
The Indians, aided by their English allies, resolved by the invasion of Kentucky to retaliate for the invasion of the Little Miami.
The white men could not retaliate by the perpetration of such revolting cruelty.
He resolved, therefore, to retaliate by a wholly unprecedented outrage.
Something was done to retaliate by raids on France, but with little success.
So he threatens to retaliate on Achilles by taking Briseis from his tent and keeping her for himself.
The national custom permitting a man whose conjugal property had been molested to retaliate by subjecting the culprit's wife to the same treatment in itself indicates an utter absence of the notion of chastity as a virtue.
When they yoke our citizens to the plow, and compel them to labour in that degraded manner, they only retaliate on us for similar barbarities.
But do not their frequent risings, and the cruelties they from time to time retaliate upon their masters, give the lie to this natural insensibility?
But before I retaliate on you, I must request the Stranger to finish the argument.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "retaliate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
