Example Sentences

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The only thing that might be assailable is the process that winds up earning Watson a harsher, more deserving penalty.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2022

The dominance of Google makes its search algorithms assailable mainly by efforts funded by other governments, and well-heeled rivals like Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2018

In the beginning they were Great Men, politically assailable only in theory, and personally assailable not at all.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2016

Is there a single, unassailable trait that every leader should possess?Everything is potentially assailable to an academic.

From Inc • Jul. 3, 2012

Every day, the first minutes of class would be filled by harsh salvos of criticism aimed at Mr. Loring’s round, assailable figure leaning against his lectern.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy