Example Sentences

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Augenstein, a sniper with the wedge, is assaulting pins with the same hissing checker he used to dissect the Pinehurst greens at the Amateur.

From Golf Digest • Dec. 2, 2019

“If you think your child is not someone who is assaulting people, it shouldn’t be a concern for you.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 3, 2018

Well I think that if somebody is assaulting people, I feel that they need to get professional help.

From Time • Aug. 25, 2017

In general, Schrage is assaulting what he terms “the idea of ideas,” the notion that ideas are at the heart of innovation.

From Forbes • Dec. 18, 2014

Nobody, then, is assaulting the Bible, for the simple reason that the Bible as such has never made any claim.

From The Revelation Explained by Smith, F. G. (Frederick George)