How to Use onslaught in a Sentence

onslaught

noun
  • When will these onslaughts of cold end?
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 31 Jan. 2026
  • And that’s not the end of this daily onslaught.
    — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The video game onslaught is upon us.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Curtis seemed to tense up amid the smooth onslaught.
    — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Humes isn’t alone in noticing the onslaught.
    — Stephanie Krikorian, Curbed, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Eight players scored in the onslaught.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Its jets, ships, and tanks are not equipped to defend against an onslaught of drones.
    — Mark A. Milley, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2024
  • His best chance of recovery is a break from the onslaught of bad news.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Jokic started the onslaught with a pair of jump shots.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The onslaught, and what spurred it, is complex, Huff said.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • So far, colleagues have remained steely in the face of the onslaught.
    — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022
  • So far, though, the onslaught of diners shows no signs of slowing.
    — Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
  • Mitchell came out of the three-game onslaught beaten up and challenged.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Harden could not answer that onslaught with his own.
    — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • The onslaught of lefties, in many ways, makes more sense against these Phillies.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The play was blown up, coming nowhere close to first down yardage, and the onslaught began.
    — Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Each day, the onslaught of comments weighed heavier.
    — Mirin Fader, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The onslaught from a horde of hungry rivals will soon shatter the myth.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2022
  • He was forced to climb into his carriage to escape the onslaught.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026
  • Bibb faced an onslaught of attacks over his support of the issue.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Included in the onslaught were two home runs, three doubles and a triple.
    — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 June 2025
  • Shohei Ohtani was left out of the offensive onslaught.
    — CBS News, 26 May 2026
  • That’s when the third-quarter onslaught began.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The pandemic onslaught caused Schmitt to have to think on the fly for the last three years.
    — The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2023
  • While the onslaught of requests is high, Dukaan would rather the barrage comes all at once.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 20 June 2022
  • Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, bore the brunt of the overnight onslaught.
    — Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Cornett was soon lost in an onslaught of harassment.
    — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
  • At the other end of the ice, Dostal played well but was helpless to slow down much of the onslaught.
    — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
  • But the onslaught of efforts and funds have not panned out in tangible results.
    — Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 11 July 2024
  • Is this a random act of kindness amid an onslaught of cruelties?
    — Tania Fabo, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025

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