Sample sentences for ASSAILANT

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someone who attacks

fought off my assailant

The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
...there had been no altercation; the assailant had come in so silently and suddenly, that she had been felled before she could look round.
Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
When Leather-Stocking saw his enemy fairly under headway, as Benjamin would express it, he gave his attention to the right wing of the assailants.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pioneers
The State's primary evidence against Mr. Hinton involved a third crime where a witness identified him as the assailant.
Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
"Yes," the Chairman says, and a gleam in his eye shows he now recognizes who his bearded assailant is.
Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
And the more time the bodyguard has, the better his ability to read the mind of any potential assailant.
Malcolm Gladwell -- Blink
Vilyak slowed the images to a crawl as the assailants closed like a noose.
Henry H. Neff -- The Second Siege
"Maybe it's not her assailant she's protecting."
Bella Forrest -- A Shade of Vampire
Then the four guards entered, and all was confusion as Nasuada felt them drag her assailant off her.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
She looked at her assailant.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Played with Fire
My assailant murdered me.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
My assailant was unknown, unnamed, and in a car.
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore
I wait, frozen, for the woods to come alive with assailants.
Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
His assailant fell to the floor of the soiled lobby.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
More arms pulled out, only to be replaced by new ones just as Mark and Alec swung the door out and slammed the edge against the assailants again.
James Dashner -- The Kill Order
The walls are sturdy, and it would take quite a while to break down that door, even if your assailant had tools at hand.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
An assailant could just as easily have cut across the property from Third on foot, just as Louise had intended to do.
J.D. Robb -- Glory in Death
My father drew on my assailant: his honor demanded it.
George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman
His assailant stopped long enough for Thomas to roll over.
Ted Dekker -- White: The Great Pursuit

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