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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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