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• His soldierly demeanour stood him good stead in civilian life when vicissitudes would assail him.From the entry soldierly
• Margaret Sphery's shrill birdcalls, whistles, and hoots assailed us from a proximitous room.1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 56. From the entry proximitous
• A hawk came swooping down near tree-level to be immediately assailed by screeching pee-wits.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 107. From the entry peewit
• A prodigious quantity of insects of all sorts (but no mosquitoes) assailed us at our evening meal.1930, André Gide, “Back Again”, in Dorothy Bussy, transl., Travels in the Congo […], red seal edition, New York, N.Y.: Modern Age Books…. From the entry prodigious
• The blasé personality develops such an acute consciousness of being assailed by form that it develops a defence mechanism of indifference.2007, Chris Rojek, “Georg Simmel”, in Tim Edwards, editor, Cultural Theory, London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry blasé
• Odor assailed me, too – my brother, like so many soldiers, not being overly fastidious in matters of personal hygiene.2002, Jean Marie Stine, Trans-Sexual - Page 68. From the entry meaty
• Berouged and beribboned aristocrats were assailed on these grounds as much as unreproductive ecclesiastics who spent their time consorting with females.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 566. From the entry berouged
• The gloomy contentions of “hairshirt economists” who want more public and less private spending were assailed today by Robert W.1960 October 13, “‘Hairshirt Economists’ Scored For Pushing Public Spending”, in The New York Times, page 51. From the entry hairshirt
• Until Peyton was born, bleak doubt assailed him.1951, William Styron, chapter 2, in Lie Down in Darkness, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 51. From the entry infuriate
• It was the first time in all the largesse of her youth that such a tone had assailed Zoe.1921, Fannie Hurst, Stardust: The Story of an American Girl. From the entry seventeenness
• So looks the Shakespearean who is confronted by a rancid Baconian, or the astronomer who is assailed by a flat-earth fanatic.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry Baconian
• Only the valley where Sish rested when he and Time were young did Sish not provoke his hours to assail.1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC. From the entry relent
• At once you are assailed by ailurophobia, galeophobia and gatophobia, all meaning the fear of cats, plus amychophobia, the fear of being clawed.1971 July 5, Hal Boyle, “‘It is only folklore nature is healthy’”, in Evening Herald, page 10. From the entry gatophobia
• Out­side storms assail the creaking home and can lead to the devel­opment of anemophobia, the fear of winds, as well as phono­phobia, the fear of noise.[1971 January 13, Hal Boyle, “According To Boyle”, in The Circleville Herald, 88th year, number 10, Circleville, Oh., page 4, column 3. From the entry anemophobia

Meaning of assail

1. verb To attack with harsh words or violent force.
2. verb To overcome or successfully argue against; defeat.

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How do you use assail in a sentence?

Assail is used as a verb. For example: “Muggers assailed them as they entered an alley.”

What is a short sentence with assail?

“I was assailed by doubts.”

What does assail mean?

Assail means to attack with harsh words or violent force.