assault
noun
a sudden, violent attack; onslaught.
had been assaulting
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past perfect progressiveof assault.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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In an intelligence update, the British ministry said Russia had been assaulting the coal mining town with a force at least the size of a brigade, a unit that normally comprises several thousand troops.
From Reuters ● Jan. 31, 2023
On the road from Leer to Thonyor I discovered the source of the harsh odor that had been assaulting my senses all day.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2016
On the road from Leer to Thonyor I discovered the source of the harsh odor that had been assaulting my senses all day.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2016
The winds that had been assaulting us suddenly disappeared.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Those who had the even ground to traverse easily forced an entrance; but they who were to storm the rampart were battered from above, as if they had been assaulting a wall.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
