How to Use assailant in a Sentence

assailant

noun
  • In the fray, the man stabbed two of his assailants, killing one.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Cops were still looking for the assailant in that case.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
  • The assailants walked to a wall of the business near the air pump.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Over her cries and pleas, assailants could be heard yelling demands.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Buehler believes there was just one assailant.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 June 2026
  • Someone then jumps on the back of the assailant, who is thrown to the ground.
    — Louis Casiano , Tessa Hoyos, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
  • He was shot in the neck by an unknown assailant, who has not yet been caught.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2025
  • My assailant, who was my long-time crush, left because the blood grossed him out.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The assailant pinned her to the bench without saying a word.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
  • Rushdie was not asked to identify his assailant while on the stand.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025
  • After a brief scuffle, the assailant fled to his car and drove away.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The assailant was tackled by bystanders and pinned to the stage.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The assailants remain at large.
    — Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The defendant is the assailant on the video.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The assailants appeared to be wearing ski masks.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
  • John was curious as to whether or not Sal knew his assailant.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 22 Oct. 2024
  • His assailant was not a student of UConn.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The assailant fled from the train station and has not been arrested.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2025
  • After the ordeal, the assailant dropped the victim at her car and left.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Joseph said one of the officers got out and returned fire as the assailants sped away.
    — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • One of the apparent assailants was then seen trying to keep the doors of the car closed.
    — ABC News, 2 June 2026
  • The assailants then went through his car and forced the victim to hand over his phone and provide the lock code.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
  • Thompson said the assailants were masked and were attempting to rob the group.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
  • The driver turned with a can of Mace and sprayed not his verbal assailant but me.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Ramos’ public defense lawyer told the jury his client was the assailant.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
  • One of those assailants was On, who rushed into the middle of the fray with his pole.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
  • To look her assailants in the eye, day after day, on stage in front of a now-global public.
    — Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The assailant, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot and killed by a sniper team.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The assailants were last seen headed through the park, traveling south.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Musgrove released the chair and grabbed the assailant’s hand holding the gun and forced him to drop it.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 27 Mar. 2023

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