personal attack
Example Sentences
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“The claims in this personal attack are false, malicious, and defamatory,” Epshteyn said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
My school uniform sweater suddenly bunched in ways that felt like a personal attack.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025
Mr Dyson told court the article was "a personal attack on all that I have done and achieved in my lifetime and is highly distressing and hurtful".
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2023
“That was just such a personal attack, to attack where my parents were raised,” she said, stifling tears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
Rush took any challenge, whether from a disease or from a colleague, as a personal attack to be confronted and conquered.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
