Sentence examples for a hideous attack on from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a hideous attack on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a severe or morally reprehensible criticism or assault on a person, idea, or group.
Example: "The article was a hideous attack on the politician's character, filled with unfounded accusations and personal insults."
Alternatives: "a vicious assault on" or "an appalling criticism of".

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The speaker of "Still Life Amongst Partial Outlines" reflects upon a hideous attack on two young girls — one of them coincidentally named Meghan O'Rourke — that one friend survived and the other did not, "a story that could not be forgotten or owned, / like looking in a mirror and discovering someone else's face".

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A week before we were to set forth for the Grant, the hideous attack on Manhattan, the Pentagon and mankind took place, and for three days Ruth and I felt that taking a vacation at such a time would be frivolous, even indecent, and certainly not pleasurable.

I have consulted with various experts about this problem, or oversight, or hideous attack on my very existence.

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To frighten and discipline the child, the mother painted a hideous face on the bottom of her water gourd.

To the preservation-minded, vinyl siding and its close cousin, aluminum siding, are a hideous blot on the landscape.

"Guantanamo Bay is a hideous carbuncle on the face of justice and human rights".

Prosecutors had confessions from all five black and Hispanic defendants, who were ultimately convicted of joining in a vicious attack on the white investment banker, a crime whose hideous images still haunt New Yorkers.

I had a heart attack on Jan . 31

(See "A Radical Attack On Prostate Cancer").

Then do a spin attack on him.

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