| A brief silence followed, in which she tried to retaliate with a clever comeback and he frowned angrily at the ground. |
| The colonialist has a smug, secure sneer on his face, like a dire dare to retaliate. |
| I opened my mouth to retaliate, but the comeback would not leave my tongue. |
| Delia and Sam tried to stop him but he immediately got back up in attempt to retaliate. |
| They threaten to strike, create picket lines you can't cross, retaliate against scabs, and all the rest. |
| As parents, we teach our children not to retaliate and that two wrongs don't make a right. |
