attack
verb (used with object)
to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with.
am attacking
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present progressiveof attack (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"A lot of them think I am attacking the religion, so they get really defensive," Jen Bryant said.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2024
“The way I am attacking this is the way I attacked a lot of problems at the national security staff,” he said in an interview.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2013
At the Battle of the Marne, in 1914, the French General Foch sent the despatch: "My center is giving way; my right is retreating; the situation is excellent: I am attacking."
From Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence by George McKinnon Wrong
What I am attacking is solicitordom as an institution.
From The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Harry Perry Robinson
I am not; I am attacking the combination of the two.
From Observations of a Retired Veteran by Henry C. Tinsley
