were assailing
- past progressive of assail.
Example Sentences
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At the time, lawmakers were assailing the bank for opening millions of accounts without customers’ permission.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2017
Dick did not shake this Republican influence until he had fought with the Marines in World War I, returned to Yale, and become aroused by the way Republicans were assailing Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations.
From Time Magazine Archive
She stopped to find whence came those perfumes that were assailing her senses with memories from a time far gone.
From The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate
While the Turks were assailing them on the south, and the Russians were wresting from them opulent and populous provinces on the north, Charles Gustavus of Sweden, was crossing her eastern frontiers with invading hosts.
From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
In several instances the mob, little aware whom they were assailing, compelled him to respond to the cry.
From Louis Philippe Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
