assailing
- present participle of assail.
Example Sentences
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Only in America can one get rich by assailing the wealthy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Pratt has been regularly assailing Bass and her record on social media, even as he promotes his new book, “The Guy You Loved to Hate.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
GM went full speed ahead, pouring money into national ad campaigns assailing things like men eating tofu.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025
For his part, Fauci—a veteran of numerous appearances before Congress—held his ground, assailing accusations made against him as “seriously distorted,” “absolutely false,” and “simply preposterous.”
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 3, 2024
Lone men, riding wild, brought word of foes assailing their east-borders, of orc-hosts marching in the Wold of Rohan.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
