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 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
• 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
• 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
• Lewin slipped the poison pill into her mouth, but the assailants choked her and removed the capsule.
  — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
• One of the assailants pulled a gun and fired, hitting the boy several times, police said.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2023
• The male victim sliced his hand during the struggled, then got into his car and sped off, leaving the assailant and the woman alone together.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
• Video of the attack shows the woman crossing the street next to two other people when the assailant approaches her from behind and attacks her, making stabbing motions toward her head.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 20 Feb 2025