Example sentences for: repercussions

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

  • Banks tells the story from the perspective of Brown's son, who joined his father in his famous 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry--a narrative choice that allows Banks to show "the familial repercussions of living with a visionary and martyr" (Michiko Kakutani, the New York Times ). Some critics complain that Banks sermonizes.

  • The fragmentation of a country with thousands of nuclear weapons could have terrible repercussions far beyond Russia's borders."

  • The Post piece on Middle East repercussions depicts Netanyahu attributing the current situation to Arafat, quoting him saying that "Arafat must make a choice" about whether he wants his country to "behave like a terror-sponsoring entity."

  • Conservative commentarians damn the Kyoto treaty because they reject the global-warming science and fear the treaty's economic repercussions (Charles Krauthammer, Inside Washington; Robert Novak, CNN's Capital Gang).

  • Discussing potential repercussions in the region of his military responsibility, Zinni said, "It was easy to take the shot from Washington and walk away from it.


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