Sentence examples for attack on shore from inspiring English sources
Magruder's surprise attack on shore had been a crucial step in the battle – but it was really won at sea by the outnumbered Confederate sailors.
Nearly 10 years ago, America suffered the worst attack on our shores since Pearl Harbor.
Finally, let me say to the families who lost loved ones on 9/11 that we have never forgotten your loss, nor wavered in our commitment to see that we do whatever it takes to prevent another attack on our shores.
But since Sept. 11, the elderly -- especially those who lived through the last attack on American shores and the years of insecurity and privation that followed -- have emerged as sources of reassurance and even wisdom for younger generations.
He was the inspiration not only for the most catastrophic attack on American shores since the Second World War, as well as many other bloody attacks around the world; he also managed in his ugly lifetime to distort, confuse, and undermine the course of political history all over the world, not least in the United States.
Now, over a decade later, the American people have not seen another massive terrorist attack on their shores, but the specter of intrusion by the federal government looms large in the cultural imagination.
White House officials on Monday played down suggestions that the United States could attack pirate bases on shore, portraying that as premature at best.
But though there were various conflicts between surrogates, the United States was not simultaneously waging a military offensive born out of a devastating attack on its own shores.
"I've sent Al Qaeda members planning attacks on these shores to less time.
Sampson intended to intercept and destroy the Spanish squadron and then move on to attack secondary shore targets- San Juan's castles, forts and batteries and was unaware that Topete had already eluded them and slipped his squadron into the Bay of Santiago.
