How to Use assailant in a Sentence

assailant

noun
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  • Police noted that the assailant might have entered the home from the back door, which may have been left unlocked at the time, between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. local time.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 23 Oct. 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
  • 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 | Crobinson@al.com, 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 victim, who is believed to be around the same age as Kang, was able to wrestle his assailant to the ground, Leeper said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 24 June 2024
  • The assailant then appears to point or gesture at the child and the guardian, who swiftly grabs the child away and takes them to safety toward the front of the store.
    — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
  • Ramos’ public defense lawyer told the jury his client was the assailant.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The assailants were last seen headed through the park, traveling south.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Deputies saw the alleged assailant leave the area in a green van, according to the department.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
  • These assailants perceived South Asian outsiders as a threat to the nation’s soul.
    — Hazlitt, 6 Sep. 2023
  • His assailant ran west on 6th Street and has not been arrested.
    — Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The suspect refused commands to drop the knives and charged the other man, the chief said, and five officers opened fire, killing the assailant.
    — Steve Almasy, CNN, 16 July 2024

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