How to Use aggressor in a Sentence

aggressor

noun
  • Each country accused the other of being the aggressor.
  • The logs say that the pit bull was the aggressor in the fight.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Inside, the aggressors blocked the door and ganged up on one boy.
    — Reese Dunklin, courant.com, 8 May 2017
  • The moral fault for an attack such as this lies with the aggressor who opened fire.
    — Sam Bahour, Washington Post, 3 June 2021
  • This case doesn’t present a clear aggressor or victim; a clear right or wrong.
    — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 18 May 2021
  • The Phillies were the aggressors again.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But what if the aggressor knows about the code word or the victim isn't sober enough to use it?
    — Chelsea Brasted, NOLA.com, 11 July 2017
  • Trump has made our country the aggressor.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The man who attacked the aggressor then leveled a blow to his head.
    — Emma Colton, Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The man who had been driving the car appeared to have been the aggressor.
    — cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The survivor speaks of three young aggressors and a villa by the sea.
    — Tim Parks, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
  • This is atrocious, this is wrong, this is the aggressor, this is the one that needs to end this war.
    — Manu Raju, CNN, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The aggressor’s rights do not take precedence over the rights of its victims.
    — Lawrence H. Summers, Foreign Affairs, 15 June 2023
  • The deputies told the aggressor several times to stop, put his hands up and lie on the ground.
    — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 May 2018
  • As used by their aggressors, the camera functioned as a weapon.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • Mays’ sister said the group that approached them were the aggressors.
    — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But what if that armed teacher was in fact the aggressor instead of the savior?
    — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The post-match comments about being the aggressor were a couple of hours too late.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The Titans were the aggressor when the teams went to battle on the boards.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Why did Richards stop being the aggressor and revert to old habits?
    — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 2 Feb. 2020
  • Auburn was the first-half aggressor getting five of its seven sacks on Young.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 27 Nov. 2021
  • And they'll be reminded that there was some back and forth, and so who's the initial aggressor?
    — NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Even when Reibe had three fouls, Bidunga wasn’t the aggressor.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The first three times, officers said Melton was the aggressor.
    — CBS News, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Martinez denies ramming them and said agents were the aggressors.
    — Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That unit was the aggressor and the most dominant position group on the field.
    — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • First, the use of force must be proportionate to the force employed by the aggressor.
    — Ronald Sullivan, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2021
  • So Tueller assigned one officer to play the role of the aggressor.
    — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Each side said their civilians are being killed and each denies being the aggressor.
    — CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Portland came out as the aggressors in the second half, and Austin wilted.
    — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023

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