Example sentences for: against

How can you use “against” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Last Tuesday, a class-action lawsuit orchestrated by environmental gadfly Jeremy Rifkin was filed against the company, while today investors reacted to news of Monsanto's planned merger with Pharmacia & Upjohn by sending the company's shares down 12 percent.

  • The town was fortified against rival lords, and against the seawater — the River Amstel being dammed at what is now Dam Square.

  • By the next evening on CNN's Capital Gang , O'Beirne had fused her two salient NewsHour points--the IMF smells like corporate welfare and a unilateral strike against Iraq is warranted--into a Unified Bill Clinton Theory.

  • Second, due to the possibility that prior infection with HHV-6 might be directly or indirectly protective against tumor development.

  • In contrast to the generally glowing obits is the piece on the NYT op-ed page by historical biographer Kai Bird, who argues against the Wise Man Theory Washington still clings to.


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