Sentence examples for are set upon from inspiring English sources

The Bodos are set upon carving out their homeland.

As soon as power lines are fixed, they said, many are set upon and ruptured.

Some of these businesses are large entities, while many others are set upon joining them.

In Mr. Freeman's, they are set upon by a pack of thirsty vampires.

At one dramatic point onscreen, Laurel and Stacie, who recently met, kiss for the first time and are set upon by some local thugs.

There is brutality in the fourth dance (to John Cage), in which Julie Tice and Michelle Fleet are set upon by four men, whom they then dominate.

Ali Smith called him a literary and social visionary – but he has also been set upon by critics, his mysticism not being for all palates.

Nobody – bar maybe Charles Bronson – likes being set upon by police.

He's set upon by dogs.

As violence spread, a double-decker bus was set upon.

He would be set upon, like Actaeon, and torn apart.