Sentence examples for setting upon him from inspiring English sources

Officials said the suspects first attacked a 17-year-old who was trying to become part of the gang, setting upon him because he had been seen with a gay 30-year-old man known in the neighborhood as la reina, Spanish for "the queen".

Mr. Agostini admitted punching Mr. Moore before Mr. Minucci set upon him with the bat.

Goldman arrived while Simpson was attacking Nicole, and Simpson set upon him as well.

A group of young men emerged from darkened doorways and set upon him.

According to The Washington Post, the crowd set upon him with cries of "To [blank] with the law!

Former neighbours and customers set upon him, beating him, looting the shop and burning it to the ground.

The man refused to give it up, and the three teenagers then set upon him, punching and kicking the man.

But when he walked up to the table, the men set upon him, one hitting him on the head repeatedly with a pistol, he said.

He held still while the ladies, misty with the exertion of eating for four hours straight, set upon him, taking picture after picture.

The 1927 suite that Mr. Spano conducted ends with a scuffle between the girl and the Mandarin just before the thieves set upon him.

The two, Fausto and Daniele Cristofoli, suspected Mr. Guibre, 19, of stealing money and set upon him with a metal rod, the authorities said, when it was later determined he had stolen a package of cookies.