Sentence examples for ferocious onslaught from inspiring English sources

Amnesty International described Bahgat's arrest as part of a "ferocious onslaught against independent journalism and civil society" in Egypt.

Since the early days of Thatcher we have not seen such a ferocious onslaught on the fabric of civil society, relationships and social life.

Billy Wilder tried the same trick with "Avanti!," in 1972, but that felt like late Chekhov compared with this ferocious onslaught of obligatory good cheer.

Mr. Mehsud and his men, allies of Al Qaeda, used this area over the past few years to attack Pakistani cities and military installations with a ferocious onslaught of suicide bombings and commando raids.

Despite the ferocious onslaught to which he had been subjected, pundits began to predict that Benn might win the hard-fought election for the deputy leadership and that his rise to the leadership was only a matter of time.

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They have all been fighting ferocious onslaughts on several fronts.

This was a sharp contrast from the craven manner in which most Arab governments have reacted to the continued ferocious Israeli onslaught on Lebanon: by keeping quiet.

It was a ferocious late onslaught from Saints that sent Franklin's Gardens into raptures and denied their rivals a 10th consecutive appearance in the final, with Tigers overcoming Jim Mallinder's side in last season's Twickenham showpiece.

But this is less to do with Isis and much more with the fact that Sunni rebels, backed by Saudis and the Turks, are rapidly losing ground to the forces of Bashar al-Assad, supported  by a ferocious Russian air onslaught, Iranian 'volunteers' and fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah.

Their unwillingness to believe in what was happening in front of them was understandable, so unlikely was this comeback against a France team that had blown them away in the first half and so ferocious was the French onslaught in the closing minutes.