Example Sentences

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In Oklahoma: “Warning. Assaulting a medical professional who is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties is a serious crime.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Det Sgt Thomas Crosfill said: "Assaulting emergency service workers is not acceptable, and our police dogs provide vital assistance to us. They are part of the police family."

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2022

Assaulting the walls of fortified cities rarely goes quickly and rarely goes well.

From Slate • May 13, 2019

When Andrew Keen's The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting our Economy appeared in 2007, its subtitle was music to many ears.

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2011

Assaulting troops should have twelve hours of daylight in the trenches before the assault begins, to enable them to get acquainted with the ground and get some rest.

From Military Instructors Manual by Schoonmaker, Oliver