All 3 Uses of
assail
in
The Awakening
- It was only one phase of the multitudinous emotions which had assailed her.†
Chpt 28 *
- But among the conflicting sensations which assailed her, there was neither shame nor remorse.†
Chpt 28
- But as she sat there amid her guests, she felt the old ennui overtaking her; the hopelessness which so often assailed her, which came upon her like an obsession, like something extraneous, independent of volition.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(assail) attack physically or verbally