personal attack
Example Sentences
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Arday had denied any plagiarism - but admitted errors in his work - and said the recent controversy about his work had led to "an unrelenting level of public scrutiny and personal attack".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
That was a nasty personal attack but a misdirection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
My school uniform sweater suddenly bunched in ways that felt like a personal attack.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025
“The abovementioned concerns and beliefs are not a personal attack on Captain Khasaempanth or the numerous executives named in my investigation, nor am I an obstructionist or malcontent,” Morris wrote in his March 2023 email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024
There was no sense to it, but the hunger made him angry, as though it were a personal attack on him.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
