Sentence examples for the assail from inspiring English sources
verb
To attack violently using words or force.
- Muggers assailed them as they entered an alley.
Which is better for attacking someone, the Assault or the Assail?
Brooks goes on the assail Clinton and Obama - for three paragraphs!
This is the assailing rub in all this.
Once in the grandstands, he stripped off his shirt and paced drunkenly through the crowd, assailing the opposing team.
The Russian Orthodox Church assailed the "blasphemy".
In Washington, the State Department assailed the verdict.
Palestinians, including the cameraman, assailed the report.
The industry assailed the show for its unreality long before it was ever a reality.
Mr. Hoyt, in a letter to the board, assailed the authority's general manager, Ron Rienas, a Canadian.
Last week, tenants staged a protest in front of the Housing Preservation and Development Department, assailing the living conditions.
The Commonwealth assailed the police's failure to investigate violence and intimidation against opposition supporters.
