had assaulted
- past perfect of assault.
Example Sentences
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Seitz said the men had assaulted him, and that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and deputies had violated his civil rights, inflicted emotional stress, defamed him and conspired to keep the matter quiet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
CNN's Kara Scannell reported that the former president shook his head while Carroll testified that he had assaulted her in a New York City department store dressing room in the 1990s.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2024
After more than two years behind bars on charges that he had assaulted two police officers, he was released on April 27 in a prisoner exchange between the Kremlin and the Biden administration.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
In August 2021, another woman told police about a similar experience, saying Nash was one of the officers who responded when she called 911 to report her neighbor had assaulted her.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
The nasty weather that had assaulted Seattle since the previous October finally broke, though not before spitting a late spring snowstorm at the city for good measure on March 21.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
