assail

Example Sentences

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I watched this, sitting two rows behind Trump, as he turned and walked out to face the cameras and assail the process that had brought him there.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2025

In Germany emerged so-called "Herod games" in which people would reportedly stage mock attacks on churches and assail bystanders with inflated animal bladders to ridicule the cruel absurdity of the Judean king.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

Today, whenever Mr. Arévalo appears in public, he attracts throngs to hear him assail the government’s attacks on Guatemala’s democracy.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2023

Continued generations of teachers, missionaries, and lay Buddhists used his teachings to assail the Brahmanist-based caste system.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

‘All is vain, you say, if he has the Ring. Why should he think it not vain to assail us, if we have it?’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien