Sentence examples for under immediate attack from inspiring English sources

The mayor's moves came under immediate attack by landlords and tenants both, putting the outcome of the vote in doubt.

Kennedy found himself under immediate attack -- for much the same reason that Mrs. Clinton is criticized now.

And when the theocracy of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini overthrew the shah, during Nahid's 20s, Bahais fell under immediate attack as criminals, subversives, secret agents of Zionist perfidy.

Any attempt to fix a new exchange rate would probably come under immediate attack on currency markets, while a float would initially lead to an uncontrolled depreciation of the new money.

The new policy came under immediate attack yesterday, both from organizers of parades, who complained of a double standard, and from San Gennaro organizers, who were unhappy with the restrictions on their permits.

On Saturday, when CBS released excerpts with Kasich's comments about Garland, the candidate came under immediate attack for even entertaining the idea that someone acceptable to Barack Obama might also be acceptable to him.

Mr. Kerry, who essentially secured the nomination in early March and was down to only a few million dollars in the bank, came under immediate, withering attack.

It came under immediate and sustained attack on the weekend political chat shows.

Consulate employees were placed under immediate "lockdown" after the attack on Friday, an American official said.

The CDGM came under immediate and intense political attack from the Mississippi power-structure led by Senator Stennis who accused it of being "Communist" -- not because the alphabet blocks the children played with could be used to spell "red," but because it was empowering poor people to exert some influence and control over their own lives.

Neither is under immediate threat.