Sentence examples for an onslaught to from inspiring English sources

In the distressed countries, aggrieved citizens flood the streets and labor unions go on strike opposing reforms that they see as an onslaught to the welfare state.

Tamica Washington-Miller, the company's associate director, was effectively unsettling in a grotesque Mammy mask, and the composer and percussionist Marcus L. Miller provided an onslaught to match the choreography's aggressive repudiation of degrading racial stereotypes.

If you know some decent people who also happen to be lobbyists, as I do, then it is tempting to defend their honor against such an onslaught — to declare, as Hillary Clinton did at a forum with bloggers in 2007, that "lobbyists are people, too".

"Cities could have faced an onslaught to outstrip the blitz.

Third set: Murray 1-3 Nadal* (4-6, 5-7) Murray wins himself a break point, surviving a Nadal onslaught to force an error with a brilliant passing shot from deep.

Scotland manager Gordon Strachan took heart from how a new-look side adjusted to an early onslaught to earn a welcome friendly win over the Czech Republic.

This is an even a graver onslaught to our modern sensibility.

That is a useful notion for those hawks in the Pentagon who would like the current campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan broadened to an onslaught designed to get rid of America's nemesis, Saddam Hussein.

And they were hugely impressive on their travels, surviving an early onslaught to prevail 3-0 on a sultry evening in Croatia.

A few MK supporters failed to resist the urge to celebrate on the pitch, but, when order was restored, Robinson's side managed to stand strong against a late onslaught to treasure a satisfying win and leave their opponents desolate.

Normally, small reptiles tend to reduce activity during such an environmental onslaught to avoid becoming dehydrated.