How to Use assailant in a Sentence

assailant

noun
  • In the fray, the man stabbed two of his assailants, killing one.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The assailant cut open the man’s hand with a sharp object.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
  • The assailant was tackled by bystanders and pinned to the stage.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The assailant stepped close enough to the car that Sadler couldn’t shut the passenger side door.
    — Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
  • The assailant stepped close enough to the car that Sadler couldn’t shut the passenger side door.
    — Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • One of those assailants was On, who rushed into the middle of the fray with his pole.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
  • Musgrove released the chair and grabbed the assailant’s hand holding the gun and forced him to drop it.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 27 Mar. 2023
  • After the ordeal, the assailant dropped the victim at her car and left.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • After a brief scuffle, the assailant fled to his car and drove away.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This appeared to be an assailant that knew her very well.
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Perhaps my test assailant didn't nab the phone or run away fast enough.
    — PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The identity of the assailant is unknown, and the crossing has been closed.
    — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The men were playing video games at about 7:30 p.m. when the assailants entered the studio.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Rushdie was not asked to identify his assailant while on the stand.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The day before, the men learned where to strike a potential threat, in line with the law, that brings an assailant to their knees.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The girl’s friend was taken to Mack’s location and asked her whether Mack was the assailant.
    — Jonathan Bandler, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The assailant fled from the train station and has not been arrested.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Joseph said one of the officers got out and returned fire as the assailants sped away.
    — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Wouldn’t his assailant break a toe kicking that six-pack?
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Over her cries and pleas, assailants could be heard yelling demands.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The police confirmed that all three of the dead were officers and said the assailants slipped away.
    — NBC News, 2 Sep. 2024
  • After a brief struggle, the cousin took the weapon from his would-be assailant and pulled the trigger out of fear for his life.
    — Aisha Braveboy, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Clay testified that at 5:45 a.m., the assailants were driving in the Rogue.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Bishop had said then that there was just one assailant.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The assailants also seized more than 200 others as hostages, the Israelis say, and took them back to Gaza.
    — Michael Levenson, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • After killing Mogen, the assailant then went on to kill Kaylee, Steve Goncalves said.
    — Ruth Chenetz, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • To look her assailants in the eye, day after day, on stage in front of a now-global public.
    — Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • So far this year, 29 Israelis have been killed by Arab assailants.
    — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 22 June 2023
  • No arrests have been made, and the police have posted security camera footage of an assailant in an effort to get tips about the case.
    — Hank Sanders, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Blaming it for costing the state money is tantamount to punching someone in the nose and then suing them for bloodstain damage to the shirt of their assailant.
    — Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025

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