All 7 Uses
assail
in
The Call of the Canyon
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- As she entered the lobby a clicking of pool balls and the discordant rasp of a phonograph assailed her ears.†
Chpt 1 *
- A steady low murmur of falling water assailed her ears.†
Chpt 2
- A fine choking dust assailed Carley's nostrils.†
Chpt 5
- Never in her life had such a sickening nausea assailed her.†
Chpt 5
- Regrets were assailing her.†
Chpt 7
- Suddenly an unaccountable flashing query assailed her conscience: How dare she want to take him back?†
Chpt 7
- The murmur of the creek suddenly assailed her ears—sweet, sad, memorable, strangely powerful to hurt.†
Chpt 12
Definitions:
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(1)
(assail) to attack or cause trouble
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)