Sentence examples for be set upon by from inspiring English sources
In his hand he carried a drawn sword, and he kept peering warily about him as if at any instant expected to be set upon by an enemy.
When Gingrich finished his speech at L-3, he took a few questions and then allowed himself to be set upon by reporters.
Knoxville was raring to engage in some especially dangerous stunts, like running a military obstacle course where he wanted to be set upon by attack dogs.
He picks up an indigent prostitute, allows himself to be set upon by her pimps, and, in a final ecstasy of abasement, begs them not to report him to the police.
Cook your dozen for 25 minutes or so — until the crabs are bright red — then remove them to the table, where they can be set upon by your guests.
That set up the kind of emotional collapse that came regularly earlier in his career, when he seemed to be set upon by demons whenever things started to go poorly in a match.
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.
When the Clinton administration tried to create universal health care, it presented Congress with an elaborate scheme that was set upon by critics.
Then on 30 May 2003, little more than a year after her release, her convoy was set upon by regime thugs in Depayin, in the north of the country.
Nobody – bar maybe Charles Bronson – likes being set upon by police.
