assailing

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Assailing his steeds, his car-wheels, his car-shaft, and every other limb of his vehicle, with great force, O sire, they uttered many leonine roars.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

Thus Juno: Pallas hasten'd in pursuit Well pleas'd; and Venus with her pow'rful hand Assailing, struck upon the breast; at once The Goddess' courage and her limbs gave way.

From The Iliad by Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of

Assailing again and again, as often hurled back headlong into the ocean's abyss, they rolled, and surged, and writhed, and raged, till the affrighted earth trembled at the uproar of the warring elements.

From Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales by Taylor, Robert L.

Upward then He sprang distress'd, but with a sidelong sweep Assailing him, and from beneath his steps320 Wasting the soil, the Stream his force subdued.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

And in a dreary anger I kept on Assailing the whole kind of man, because Some manner of war my soul must needs inhabit.

From Emblems Of Love by Abercrombie, Lascelles