How to Use counter in a Sentence

counter

1 of 4 noun
  • Both of those were at the front counter.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Avoid rolling it on the counter with your palm.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Do lemons go bad when stored on the counter?
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The counter is duller and, to my mind, stronger.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • When the counter is buried, there’s nowhere to chop.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
  • Keep these items on your counter or in your pantry.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 7 June 2026
  • The Stars counter-sued the next day.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Don't store them on your counter longer than one or two days.
    — Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Walk in and order at the counter.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
  • There are three boxes on my counter.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Not the flowers on the counter.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
  • For sons who grew up behind the counter.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
  • Three dead roaches were on a juice counter.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Clean the counter first with soap and water.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 June 2026
  • So the top is now the bottom on your counter.
    — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026
  • Set it back on the counter for cleaning.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Ask for the bar, counter or a window seat.
    — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Frozen raw meat was thawing on the counter.
    — Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Steyer went straight to the counter.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • Eccles’ counter is the geo-block.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Tang smiles from behind the counter.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
  • On the counter, there are some bottles and a book.
    — New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Leda put the mail on the counter, dropped her bag.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • A lot of the rail cars still need counters added.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Two were under a counter in near the front counter.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • If the tube is damaged, the counter may not work.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Two flies landed on ham slices and cheese on the counter.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Then there’s a 24-seat chef’s counter to your left.
    — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Mosaku said, banging the counter.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Two vapes, a lighter and an ashtray sat on a counter.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026

counter

2 of 4 verb
  • When they blamed him for the collapse of the bridge, he countered that his warnings about the bridge had been ignored.
  • After she made her point, he could not counter with anything.
  • But the facts counter that claim.
    — Ediberto Román, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Netflix had four days to counter it.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Styles countered and threw him off.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Iran has countered with a 10-point plan of its own.
    — ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Sarandos had days to decide whether to counter.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Use grow lights and heat mats to counter shorter, cooler days.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • This announcement seems to counter that.
    — Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • But Drew Baldridge counters the idea that nice guys are losers.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Fatu countered a spear with a popup Samoan.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Perez countered out of a crossface and won the match with a Nightwing.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Colombia countered with a good chance of its own but could not convert it.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • And anything that counters our beliefs will harm us.
    — Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • What killed us was their ability to counter-attack.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Lanning would counter with his defensive call, and the two would go back and forth.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But Dolan’s tenure was fraught in a way that no amount of bonhomie could counter.
    — Paul Elie, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The Cards will counter with right-hander Dustin May.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
  • Rhodes countered with a Cody Cutter and got a two count.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • The Phillies will counter with their best, Cristopher Sánchez.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • La Jolla quickly countered with a score of its own.
    — Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Cena countered and dragged Styles to the middle of the ring.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Wolfe countered that his client was merely trying to settle the case.
    — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The ideas will counter some of the harmful effects of climate change or plastics in the seas.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Exhibition sources counter that could change if traffic falls off a cliff.
    — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Some governments have already taken steps to counter these trends.
    — Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The Angels countered in the bottom half.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • To counter those injuries, Orlando has relied on its youth to step up.
    — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • But the push continues and so does the need to aggressively counter it.
    — Mindy Lubber, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Staff counter that the animals are mostly quiet and do not disturb sleep.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026

counter

3 of 4 adverb
  • Banks is counter-suing Kwatinetz with claims of breach of contract and fraud.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Newsom’s budget-cutting vow runs counter to his record.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The shoes are completed with a curved back counter that features a small cutout that reveals more of the foot.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • It’s framed by a grand feu–enamel minutes track in white with an enamel seconds counter at six o’clock.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The question is what to do with biblical passages that seem to run counter to this spirit.
    — Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
  • In nearly every case, my votes went counter to the fan majority.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2026
  • Democrats counter-engineered them in the 2020s.
    — Bruce Sibley, Time, 29 May 2026
  • Matthews also hits right-handed, which runs counter to Houston’s need for balance.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The three lessons involve events that ran directly counter to Greenspan’s worldview.
    — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • In the business of health care, the drive for profits can run counter to the goal of helping patients, critics say.
    — Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Homeless advocates counter that beds should be provided for all.
    — Hillary Chura, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Of course, playing one civ throughout the three ages would seem to run counter to how the game was originally designed.
    — ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
  • But why is the streaming pioneer going counter to broader market trends?
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2023
  • So the next time the zipper breaks on your brand-new pair of jeans, take them to the returns counter without hesitation.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Some seats also were being sold as singles and pairs, counter to the venue’s policy against seating strangers in the same pod.
    — Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 6 May 2021
  • Turn off your step counter and listen to an audiobook on your headphones, or just listen to nature itself.
    — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Chavers grew up in Ensley and admits to living counter to the lessons her mother tried to instill in her.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The jobs gains run counter to the announcements by some brand-name firms in Silicon Valley.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • This seems to run counter to McConaughey’s strategy.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 May 2026
  • The shoes featured a curved back counter revealing more of her foot, with a modern yet classic round-toe and a slight platform on the front of the foot.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • That runs counter to the Fed’s goal of slowing hiring and the economy in order to bring down inflation.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2023
  • To Brighton and their head coach’s credit, Palace showed little of their trademark counter-attacking threat.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The shoes feature a slim back counter revealing more of her foot, and a slim ankle strap that secures and holds the shoe in place with a small silver buckle.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Goodspeed also reframes more recent crises in ways that run counter to conventional wisdom.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 May 2026
  • But there are political and corporate structures that have interests counter to those changes.
    — David Marchese Photo Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The question now is whether this FDA, which has in the past year made changes that run counter to the evidence, can get it right.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 13 May 2026
  • This summer, Eli Roth is heading behind the soda shop counter to scoop frozen confections — with a body count.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The small-seconds counter here was crafted to look like a radar display, with the Aviazione Navale’s engraved on the dial.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Hunting advocates counter that the species’ resilience proves coyotes can be hunted sustainably.
    — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Humidity affects baseball flight in ways that often run counter to intuition.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026

counter

4 of 4 adjective
  • And make sure there's plenty of room to pull up counter stools!
    — Heather Bien, The Spruce, 9 Jan. 2026
  • To the right of the door is the cafe, arranged with a counter and red stools.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Wall ovens are set at counter height instead of below the knee.
    — Amy Kunst, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
  • Fix the wrench on the nut, stand up and apply counter pressure with your foot.
    — Lauren Farrell, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Again, that route is believed to be counter to the club’s intentions.
    — Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The counter-protester bent it back into shape.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Plus, the counter-depth ensures the fridge won’t stick out and become an eyesore in your kitchen.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • One player throws one stone with clockwise spin, and the other with counter-clockwise spin.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Equally striking was the array of counter-drone systems.
    — Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • My advice for older folks is simple and at first glance seems counter-intuitive.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2021
  • One of the greatest things about being married that no one tells you about is counter-ordering.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
  • An open kitchen with counter seating looks into a bright dining room with tables and banquettes.
    — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • Instead, Svitolina must draw on a bit more of her counter-punching skills.
    — Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • But there’s also a solid counter argument.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Because of that, Democrats — not used to any counter voices in Chicago — don’t like the group.
    — Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
  • Find solutions to make what might seem counter-intuitive instead.
    — Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2026
  • The full force of counter-terrorism measures can be applied to the realm of organized crime.
    — Evandro Cruz Silva, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The result is a rapidly evolving counter-drone industry.
    — Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Spain already had a counter attack and took a shot on goal but it was saved by Austria's goalkeeper.
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Both of the Current’s goals were directly out of counter-pressing moments.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
  • There were not any counter-protest incidents during Fort Worth’s rally.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Inside, its dining area features banquette-style seating along with counter seating.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2022
  • This was not simply a counter-narcotics operation.
    — NBC news, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Slamming on the brakes is usually counter-productive when a car or truck is sliding sideways.
    — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • These are called counter-depth refrigerators.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Inside the space, there is seating for 50 to 60 amid counter stools and chairs and a cluster of couches.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Jani Khel is close to the site of last month's hostage situation at the counter-terrorism center.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 2023
  • If the action leads to trade restrictions, it could be met with counter restrictions from Beijing.
    — Aarian Marshall Will Knight, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Weed whackers are designed to either spin in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction.
    — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Still, no items were damaged after throwing this backpack off a counter multiple times, and the outside still looked brand new.
    — Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2023

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