Example Sentences

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Misfortune has been assailing him right and left, and he is nearly bankrupt.”

From The Scarlet Feather by Grefé, Will

For many long and hard-fought years this handsome maniac has been assailing Nacumera, tirelessly.

From Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship by Cabell, James Branch