had been assailing
- past perfect progressive of assail.
Example Sentences
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She felt the temptation assail her, as of late it had been assailing her faintly, to explore this territory.
From The Daughters of Danaus by Caird, Mona
And he read aright the slippery crawling little noises that had been assailing his ears.
From Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story by Terhune, Albert Payson
It was a great pleasure for Eugene to come into this atmosphere after the storm which had been assailing him for the past three years, and particularly for the past ninety days.
From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore
It seemed to him as if this was some new form of that terrible temptation which had been assailing him all that long day; and he thrust the half-sovereign forward again.
From Nearly Bedtime Five Short Stories for the Little Ones by Wilson, H. Mary
In 496 the Allemannians, a German confederation, who had been assailing the Roman colonies on the Rhine, crossed the river, and invaded the territory of the Franks.
From Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Butterworth, Hezekiah
