How to Use aggressor in a Sentence

aggressor

noun

• Each country accused the other of being the aggressor.
• The logs say that the pit bull was the aggressor in the fight.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 10 Aug. 2019
• In the first half, the Tigers (7-2, 5-1) were the aggressor on their home field in front of a loud crowd.
  — Chip Souza, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2022
• That’s at the core of the tragedy of being an aggressor.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
• At the top of Wednesday night's game plan: be the aggressor.
  — The Courier-Journal, 11 Jan. 2024
• The man who had been driving the car appeared to have been the aggressor.
  — cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
• The Celtics were the aggressors early, scoring the game’s first 10 points.
  — Kyle Hightower, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
• This is atrocious, this is wrong, this is the aggressor, this is the one that needs to end this war.
  — Manu Raju, CNN, 18 Mar. 2022
• The survivor speaks of three young aggressors and a villa by the sea.
  — Tim Parks, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
• Russia is the aggressor, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
  — Justin Gomez, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2022
• The moral fault for an attack such as this lies with the aggressor who opened fire.
  — Sam Bahour, Washington Post, 3 June 2021
• The Badgers were the aggressors early in that game and led by as many as 19 points.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2020
• The man who attacked the aggressor then leveled a blow to his head.
  — Emma Colton, Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2020
• The caller said the aggressor, a Richfield man, had a gun.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 6 May 2020
• The Storm remained the aggressor in the second quarter on the way to a 50-35 halftime lead.
  — Jeff Metcalfe, azcentral, 4 Sep. 2019
• The insurgents from the hard right of the GOP are usually the aggressors.
  — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
• The aggressor’s rights do not take precedence over the rights of its victims.
  — Lawrence H. Summers, Foreign Affairs, 15 June 2023
• Mays’ sister said the group that approached them were the aggressors.
  — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
• Romero is throwing much more down the stretch after Costa was the aggressor for the first round and a half.
  — Todd Martin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019
• Parents rushed to the aide of the injured athlete as the referee ushered the aggressor off the mat.
  — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 21 Apr. 2023
• This case doesn’t present a clear aggressor or victim; a clear right or wrong.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 18 May 2021
• Why did Richards stop being the aggressor and revert to old habits?
  — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 2 Feb. 2020
• Her family claimed Ma'Khia and Ja'Niah were the ones who had called 911 to the scene for help, as opposed to being the aggressor.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 14 May 2021
• And in their eyes, Seth was almost always the aggressor.
  — Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2023
• The officer said both men said the other was the aggressor.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 16 Oct. 2019
• Portland came out as the aggressors in the second half, and Austin wilted.
  — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
• First, the use of force must be proportionate to the force employed by the aggressor.
  — Ronald Sullivan, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2021
• So Tueller assigned one officer to play the role of the aggressor.
  — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Dec. 2021
• An aggressor should understand that even their own resources will be turned against them.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
• There may be more suspensions during the rest of his career, as his reputation moves from needing protection (it’s been years since this was true) to being the aggressor on most plays.
  — Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 20 Feb 2025