Sentence examples for repelled the attack from inspiring English sources

Officers repelled the attack, and the gunmen fled.

Nigeria's army claimed it had repelled the attack on Bama, then extended a curfew in Maiduguri.

When Israeli forces tried to detain one of the women, the Palestinian worshippers repelled the attack.

We repelled the attack, destroyed most of the vehicles and took the crews prisoners.

But the government quickly asserted that its soldiers had "bravely" repelled the attack and that no helicopters had been damaged.

In 604 Aethelfrith repelled the attack of Aidan, king of the Dalriada Scots, at Degsastan, defeating him with great loss.

The department said federal agents repelled the attacks, killing 20 and wounding an unknown number of assailants.

Although Russian forces repelled the attacks and killed as many as 93 rebels, the rebels' coordination and boldness embarrassed Russia, and raised fresh questions about its regional policies.

But within days of repelling the attack, the Americans left the exposed positions anyway.

Three fighters from the rebel First Coastal Division were killed while repelling the attack in the Jabal Turkman area near the Turkish border in Latakia province, Fadi Ahmad, the group's spokesman, told Reuters.

However, in an apparent misinterpretation of the account, news publications and people on social media have been hailing Zouheir as a lone hero responsible for repelling the attack who has been ignored because of his religion.