Sentence examples for fierce assault from inspiring English sources

Easterly's book amounted to a fierce assault on the case for more aid.

THE pound came under fierce assault this week, panicking many in the markets.

But their whereabouts was betrayed, and after a fierce assault by 800 SS storm troopers, three of the resisters were killed and the others committed suicide.

Hence Mr Clegg's fierce assault on Labour in his speech, urging voters: "never, ever trust Labour with our economy again".That passage was greeted with only polite applause.

She'd had a boyfriend in Manchester, but that relationship had melted away in the fierce assault of the first days of crisis.

Security forces withdrew from Hama in June, but a little more than a week ago the military launched a fierce assault in an effort to retake control.

Mr Khatami's own tactful and amiable style has protected him from the fierce assaults that assail his allies.

Mr. Assad defended the army's fierce assaults on towns throughout the country, saying his Syrian opponents were carrying out "foreign designs," and as traitors, could be executed.

They are accused, in different combinations, of participating in a series of fierce assaults last fall that sowed fear among the Amish of eastern Ohio.

Year after year, the ridge, hard by the demilitarized zone that separated North from South, was the scene of fierce assaults, fleeting victories and fiery retreats.

As part of their mopping-up operation after the riots, senior police officers regained control of the Commons home affairs select committee, scene of such fierce assaults on the police last month that two of Scotland Yard's top men were forced into early retirement by injuries sustained.