Sentence examples for wished to attack from inspiring English sources

He wished to attack society and the structure of society".

So we see Cleisthenes of Sicyon contaminating the water supply of a town he wished to attack with a potent natural laxative.

The general said he believed that Mr. Azahari had been isolated, and knew that he was no longer able to conduct reconnaissance of a site he wished to attack.

Satire was used by those who wished to attack the dominant formalist style; the anonymous Arte de furtar (1652; "Art of Stealing") unmasks social deviance in the time of John (João) IV, who was restored as king of a newly independent Portugal in 1640.

In 2001, in response to the 9/11 attacks, it was to stop Afghanistan harbouring Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda and any group that wished to attack the west.

Not satisfied with the number killed, Anderson and Todd wished to attack the fort again, but Quantrill considered another attack too risky.

I am disgusted that there are those who wish to attack a place of worship.

One is the political agenda amongst those who wish to attack Michael Gove and his school reforms.

The other is the secularist lobby, who wish to attack Christians in education.

"At no time did I wish to attack or insult either you or other employees of the military attaché's office," Mr. Steiner wrote.

By the middle of this decade it had also begun to back away from its belligerent rhetoric on Taiwan (while continuing to amass more weaponry should it ever wish to attack the island).