How to Use assailant in a Sentence

assailant

noun

• In the fray, the man stabbed two of his assailants, killing one.
  — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 25 Dec. 2024
• The assailant cut open the man’s hand with a sharp object.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
• The assailant was tackled by bystanders and pinned to the stage.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2025
• The assailant stepped close enough to the car that Sadler couldn’t shut the passenger side door.
  — Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
• The assailant stepped close enough to the car that Sadler couldn’t shut the passenger side door.
  — Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
• One of those assailants was On, who rushed into the middle of the fray with his pole.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
• Musgrove released the chair and grabbed the assailant’s hand holding the gun and forced him to drop it.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 27 Mar. 2023
• After the ordeal, the assailant dropped the victim at her car and left.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• After a brief scuffle, the assailant fled to his car and drove away.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
• Perhaps my test assailant didn't nab the phone or run away fast enough.
  — PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
• The identity of the assailant is unknown, and the crossing has been closed.
  — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 8 Sep. 2024
• The men were playing video games at about 7:30 p.m. when the assailants entered the studio.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
• Rushdie was not asked to identify his assailant while on the stand.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025
• The day before, the men learned where to strike a potential threat, in line with the law, that brings an assailant to their knees.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
• The girl’s friend was taken to Mack’s location and asked her whether Mack was the assailant.
  — Jonathan Bandler, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
• Joseph said one of the officers got out and returned fire as the assailants sped away.
  — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
• Wouldn’t his assailant break a toe kicking that six-pack?
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
• Over her cries and pleas, assailants could be heard yelling demands.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 17 Apr. 2023
• The police confirmed that all three of the dead were officers and said the assailants slipped away.
  — NBC News, 2 Sep. 2024
• After a brief struggle, the cousin took the weapon from his would-be assailant and pulled the trigger out of fear for his life.
  — Aisha Braveboy, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
• Clay testified that at 5:45 a.m., the assailants were driving in the Rogue.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
• Bishop had said then that there was just one assailant.
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
• The assailants also seized more than 200 others as hostages, the Israelis say, and took them back to Gaza.
  — Michael Levenson, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• After killing Mogen, the assailant then went on to kill Kaylee, Steve Goncalves said.
  — Ruth Chenetz, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
• To look her assailants in the eye, day after day, on stage in front of a now-global public.
  — Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
• So far this year, 29 Israelis have been killed by Arab assailants.
  — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 22 June 2023
• The Post defines a mass killing as four or more dead, not including the assailant.
  — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• Moments later, the assailant shot Marlene in the mouth and calmly walked to the LeBaron parked in the driveway and drove off.
  — Kc Baker, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
• As the surprised man turns around, his assailant sucker punches him in the face, knocking him to the ground.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 17 May 2024
• According to Clark, the man was also punched and kicked multiple times by the three assailants.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 16 Mar 2025