Example sentences for: counteract

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

  • The slope of the resulting linear correlation gives evidence on how the protein sequence is affected by the mutational bias acting on the nucleotide sequence, and thus on how strongly the selection pressure acting on the protein can counteract this bias.

  • deploy to infect and counteract host defences.

  • How do we counteract the peer pressure that tells them not to bother in class because it's "acting white"?

  • 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.

  • The WSJ and the WP report that Kodak is set to announce a deal with AOL designed help the film manufacturer counteract inroads on its business being made by computerized photography: You bring your film into a Kodak authorized developer and the snaps are returned digitally to your AOL account.


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