Example sentences for: counteract

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

  • Testicular hyaluronidase PH-20 counteracts TGF-β1-induced TNF-resistance in L929 cells [ 8 ] . The goal of the present study was to examine whether lysosomal Hyal-1 and Hyal-2 enhance TNF cytotoxic function and counteract TGF-β1-mediated TNF-resistance in L929 cells.

  • Sure, the Washington Post is a good enough paper, and we like its local reporting, but its foreign coverage doesn't compare to the Times , the Op-Ed page tends to counteract the effects of my morning coffee (with the exception of the divinely cranky Michael Kelly on Wednesdays--long may he rant), and the editors often seem clueless about how to put together an attractive and readable paper.

  • There are dozens of POAAFA chapter Web sites, some of which counteract the false affidavits by publishing concert-goers' accounts of Manson shows (glass laceration, no sex).

  • The latter was built by Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa to split and counteract the powerful influence of Nishi-Honganji, which had attracted thousands of followers with its free-wheeling Buddhism: it allowed priests to marry and have children, permitted the eating of meat, and renounced traditional ascetic practices.

  • Their change of expression (or lack thereof) is itself a comment on the meaning of nakedness--many appear more defensive unclothed, as if to counteract any vulnerability--and the effect is almost anti-erotic.


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