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

Kent Police said the courage of each victim and their "strength in numbers" were able to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that Bawa had assaulted them.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

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

Cleveland.com reports that jurors sided with Conley after a 10-day trial in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, finding that the woman had failed to show that he had assaulted her.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2022

He had been bitten, cut, gone without rest, had assaulted the Cliffs of Insanity, had saved and taken lives.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman