Sentence examples for protracted attack from inspiring English sources
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.06990.002 Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which pancreatic β cells are targeted by a protracted attack by the immune system.
Days later, militants waged a coordinated and protracted attack on military installations in the restive northern Sinai province, leaving at least 17 soldiers dead in one of the most brazen attacks on troops in the area.
Gene Siskel gave the film a negative review, describing Aliens as "one extremely violent, protracted attack on the senses" and that "toward the end, the film resorts to placing a young girl in jeopardy in a pathetic attempt to pander to who knows what audience.
Protracted attacks targeted networks at Lockheed Martin, Sandia National Laboratories, Redstone Arsenal and Nasa, and came to light in 2005.
β-cell death in T1D is mediated by a protracted autoimmune attack where apoptosis is triggered by cytokines and by other mechanisms such as Fas-FasL or granzyme B [2], [3].
The rebels held the three tourists under miserable conditions and killed them two months after the attack, when protracted government negotiations for their release failed.
The commission's report depicts a country where the rule of law is crumbling and where abductions, enforced or involuntary disappearances, protracted detention without charge and attacks on journalists continue.
By eschewing direct assaults and utilizing protracted artillery attacks on enemy strongholds, Kagame's forces were able to minimize casualties and retake the capital, Kigali, in early July.
Of the two patients admitted to the ICU after the 2003 Jakarta attack, one had a protracted ICU stay with prolonged ventilation as he developed acute respiratory distress syndrome with pneumonia and septicaemia.
If the cavalry encountered such defences in these passes, a protracted campaign would require another large infantry attack.
Perhaps bored by winning all of the Emmys yet again, an exuberant, moustachioed Bryan Cranston decided to spice up the ceremony last night by attacking Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfus with a protracted kiss.
