| 单词 | assault |
| 例句 | He stood waiting, his face sallow, his hands fairly low, proudly and firmly waiting for the assault, ready to do battle for his lady love. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Then he was back in his room and his guilt assaulted him and he had no weapon to fight it off. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He went to withdraw money from his savings account, in order to continue his steady assault on all nine hundred and ninety-nine possible permutations of a three-digit variable. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Kinnow players never recovered from that assault, although they did manage to move the ball into our end of the field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The threat of assault from superior officers was certainly an unwelcome hazard to negotiate. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A black man suspected of assaulting a white woman had been released without charges by the Washington police. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Longstreet said, “Give General Hill my compliments and tell him I suggest he reserve his ammunition for the assault.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For both, their bodies aching from last night’s almost brutal sexual assault on each other, that drive to Alamosa the morning after was a cherished, nearly sacred moment. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This was not an angry response to a fellow student being assaulted; this looked exactly like what the newscaster said it was. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The firing would stop and then they would line up for the assault. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “General,” Longstreet said slowly, “it is my considered opinion that a frontal assault here would be a disaster.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z New York Senator Jacob Javits called the assault on the marchers “an exercise in terror.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom threw the light switch, and we kids all started the assault. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Says here you were sentenced to six years for aggravated assault and battery. You’ve served three years. You were due to be released on Friday.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Lee tried to find some place to watch the assault. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The other soldier stationed in the picket, a man unknown to me, asked me when I thought they would put in with their boats and cross over to us for an assault. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They dodged snakes, as well as bandits trying to assault them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The Warthog mask, perhaps weakened by Kuda’s earlier assault, came off. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There was some genuine worry about my traveling alone, open to attack, robbery, assault. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I arrived on the South Col, our launching pad for the summit assault, at 1:00 p.m. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But they had broken a Reb assault, giving reserves time to get up. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He dropped out of school in the seventh grade and ended up in court for “assault by striking” right after his seventeenth birthday. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He knew the assault would resume as soon as the bus got rolling, and he braced grimly for Dana’s next blow. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Walking down the passage, I told Maurice how his unexpected appearance might have prevented Rosy from assaulting me. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z "At sea we are as big as he is. And if he assaults us by land, he has the desert to cross." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z And yet, in the town, in that year, there could be no avoidance of history, for the streets were full of her assaults and confusions. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s as if no one in this school knows or cares that an unarmed black girl was assaulted by the police just across the river. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Naw. Not outside. I’ll show you on the bus. I was going to show you this morning, but you were too busy recovering from my snowball assault to get to the bus stop on time.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The lieutenant laid a charge of assault against her, and I asked my friend and colleague George Bizos to defend her, which he ably did. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever the risks, they were determined to push ahead in a nonviolent direct assault on white privilege. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They were right on top of us but careful not to touch us, because, I would find out later, any physical contact was con-sidered assault. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Perhaps it is life extension, a kind of loan allowing you to take the assaults heaped upon you now and pay down the debt later. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “He assaulted me. I didn’t want to do anything, but he just pressed me against the tree and did whatever he wanted. I said no. I said no so many times.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The idea clearly was that the colonists, enraged by the putative assault, would rise up and smite Massasoit. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Protest erupted in Eastern Pondoland, where government henchmen were assaulted and killed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Percy, your position is weak. You know you can’t stop another assault.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Women endure entire lifetimes of these indignities—in the form of catcalls, groping, assault, oppression. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Some of the policemen, rather than helping women who had been assaulted, shouted at them that they should have stayed home where they belonged. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe you hit him. What if his parents decide to press assault charges? I can’t believe you were so irresponsible. Are you still seeing things?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Had a nightmare. Where I’m put in a prison camp and the Director assaults me and my parents are taken away and people die. And it’s all my fault.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Arrested at thirteen for assault with a deadly weapon. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Our assault on the Sixer army will begin tomorrow at noon, OST. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z This meant they would use assault weapons to blast or bum their way through the city blocks, taking out any Germans who resisted, house by house, if necessary. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The younger Kleynhans advanced with the obvious intent of assaulting me, but when he was a few steps away, his brother ran over, grabbed him, whispered a few words, and the incident passed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had not been able to control the muscles of his hot body against the chilled assault of the wet snow over all his skin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z By keeping the assault charge, Judge Carter deprived Claudette of peace of mind. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z They were in no mood to mount the assault. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The fields—wherever they were, whatever they were—had gone darker, the grass yellowing under their feet, the rides rusting, the candy apples moldering, the smell of rot and wet and damp assaulting her nostrils. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The most alarming of all man’s assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then he said, “I am arresting you for assaulting a police officer.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z For on the eve of the sudden assault a dream came to my brother in a troubled sleep; and afterwards a like dream came oft to him again, and once to me. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Patrol bands marauded through the slave villages and ransacked the homes of freemen, stealing and committing assaults. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Several of the more heroic forcibly checked their flight, hid behind trees, and hurled their spears at the tiger, but they were so unnerved by his furious assault that they missed their aim. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It was glassy-eyed and had become perfectly indifferent to the hyena’s occasional assaults. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a Lord of the Flies atmosphere—they taunted and sometimes physically assaulted weaker classmates. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Then there was, that night, the storm, and ships which had cut their anchor cables to escape the assaults of rebellion were now incapable of mooring, and so were dragged ineluctably toward shore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I bring up my parents’ failed assault on the Great Books for a reason. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Six species of cotton insects, along with an assortment of thrips, fruit moths, leaf hoppers, caterpillars, mites, aphids, wireworms, and many others now are able to ignore the farmer’s assault with chemical sprays. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z To Clinton, this was proof that Washington was establishing a base camp for his assault on New York. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The judge, however, acknowledged that she had not taken part in any assault herself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were stories in the press about the inhuman conditions on the island, about how we were being assaulted and tortured. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Agent Burger could recruit Morrison, though, he needed to find him: Morrison had fled Osage County after assaulting a local Prohibition officer. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And I knew that if I’d been with him, I never would have gotten assaulted. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “Two counts of assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Suddenly “Smooth Criminal” assaults our eardrums, which, in this place, in this moment, sounds like the best song in the world. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I was trying to help you figure out what to say when I should’ve been reminding you not to assault the artist with her own book.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z If all went according to Hall’s grand plan, our summit assault would be launched from this highest camp—Camp Four—a month hence. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Some polities may have disintegrated beneath the climatic assault, but Wari thrived. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The local Klan carried out or participated in several hangings, among them the 1920 lynching of Ed Roach, a black laborer who had been arrested for assaulting a fourteen-year-old white girl. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘But there are not men enough in the Mark, not if they were all gathered together and healed of wounds and weariness, to assault the stronghold of Saruman,’ said Théoden. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "Did you assault a cadet standing guard at the edge of the Alta sector's quarantine zone?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z In vain we searched for traces of the assault, some sign of the intrusion, but the room was swept and in order. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She said she wanted to live somewhere removed, detached, where neighbors wouldn’t stare at her belly, point at her, snicker, or, worse yet, assault her with insincere kindnesses. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z With my eyes open wide, I put my arms up to shield against another assault. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In her heart, she was his silent ally, a fifth columnist, in Bull’s inveterate assaults on the trellised escutcheons of the Old South that Lillian shoved in front of him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no assault, however, and nought disturbed the countryside as we marched south toward the front. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “No, baashe said quietly, without meeting my gaze, “I was never assaulted.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So many girls around the world—refugee girls in particular—suffer in silence after being sexually assaulted by someone they know. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A world where guys who look like me and probably liked the Phantom movie, too, can dance next to other guys who probably liked Phantom and not get threatened or assaulted. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She was in love with the sound of her own name and seemed to view my speech impediment as a personal assault. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Gregor froze every time a pebble moved beneath his foot, thinking he had triggered another rat assault. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “No,” he said, “we have attempted to interview the so-called complainant and he denies that he was ever assaulted.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “All that...sunlight. It assaults the eye, is what. And it seems to be inflaming the populace.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It investigated the discovery on the grounds of three fetuses; a Pinkerton detective “assaulting visitors” at the Tiffany Pavilion; and a “Zulu acting improperly.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There was a peculiar hilarity in Longstreet’s breast, the mulish foolish hungry feeling you get just before an assault. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He fights recklessly, almost frenziedly, and I easily evade his assault. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Three were carried away by the first assault of the flood; the others were now hurled into the water by their horses and overwhelmed.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She walked outside, into the assaulting Phoenix heat, then went back inside. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z And heard the assault coming, up the rocks, clawing up through the bushes, through the shattered trees, the pocked stone, the ripped and bloody earth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “In a siege,” said Dr. Trefusis, “time’s passage is itself an event, and one of the keenest weapons of assault. You appear discountenanced.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Negotiating furiously, he assembled a force of as many as 200,000 men and built thirteen big ships in an audacious plan to assault Tenochtitlan from the water. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you tell me why you were arrested for assault? Then maybe I’ll read you something.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The whole scene was an assault on my senses. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Prosper opened the door of the emergency exit and shuddered as the cold air assaulted him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Some of these pillboxes are so scarred by assault that she can hardly imagine the fire and speed and terror of the projectiles showering onto them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It worked in their second game, when the little man overreached himself with an unsound assault. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her vigorous assaults and blistering attacks against my being are negatively affecting my valve. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She doesn’t play when it comes to violence because her parents got real extra when they tag-team-robbed a convenience store, assaulting the owner and his twenty-year-old son. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Both men, in their early twenties, had long criminal records that included drug charges, handgun violations, and assault charges. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They hate because they fear, and they fear because they feel that the deepest feelings of their lives are being assaulted and outraged. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Polycarp Okuku yanked a lever on the barrel of his assault rifle, clack, ta chock. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The image of her grandmother assaulting another slave didn’t jibe with Cora’s recollections of the woman, but once she started tending to the plot she understood the truth of the portrait. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We got fragments of information from time to time and pieced together that the Allies had landed at Normandy and were mounting an assault in the west. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Luke is ... busy. He is preparing for the assault. But don’t worry. We have more friends on the way. And in the meantime, I think I’ll have a wonderful snack!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z This one cop came over to where I was with my computer and pulled this massive assault rifle on me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She didn’t even cover her ears against the assault. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z On the long march, gray overcast skies protected the boys from aerial assault, but by afternoon, the skies cleared, exposing the columns to danger from Allied planes. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “You think a police officer will care about you ‘defending a friend’ when they toss you in jail for aggravated assault?” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z No explicit articulation of those assumptions had been necessary in a national forum before 1790, because no frontal assault on slavery had been made that required a direct or systematic response. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z By the end of August 1943, as our training ended, Admiral Nimitz was getting ready to stage amphibious assaults on the Gilbert Islands with the First and Second Marine divisions. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Do I have it in me to handle another assault? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I did not see the assault, but I saw the results. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The metal door bulged under the latest assault. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When the miners went on strike, coal operators hired gunmen, including sheriff’s deputies, to assault, arrest, and blacklist workers and evict their families from their homes. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z When four men assaulted die gate with axes, Koss shot them down with arrows, one by one. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A woman, bought by trinkets, gave him over to be cut down in the assault on Thebes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The second I walk back into the room, I’m assaulted by, “You’ve been chosen, dude,” and “Heather picked you,” and “Your turn, Picasso.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He was asked whether he offered any assault against the troops. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A wash of sudden heat assaulted them, heavy with the odors of ash, brimstone, and burnt meat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The British press called the HeLa hybrids an “assault on life,” and portrayed Harris as a mad scientist. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “That’s amusing—but no. He was no accident. I’m certain these ‘enhanced’ hollows were an integral part of the assault on our loops.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z In the South, crimes like murder or assault might send you to prison, but interracial sex was a transgression in its own unique category of danger with correspondingly extreme punishments. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Each night, when she hears the train whistle, she asks God to protect the migrants from the trains and the assaults. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z For some reason, I didn’t tell her about Miss Brown’s assaults. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z To them its assault on the senses was startlingly fresh, as if someone had uninvented the symphony orchestra and started again from scratch. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Before I can get this out, the mutts begin a new assault on the horn. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z After 27 hours of deliberation, Tison was convicted of two misdemeanors—disorderly conduct and discharge of a pistol near a public highway—and aggravated assault, the less severe of the two felonies. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z This included more than one hundred men from Border Patrol Tactical Units—men usually armed with grenade launchers, shotguns, battering rams and assault rifles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Are you saying you didn’t assault Blake Benson at his own birthday party?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z To Deborah, this sounded like a violent assault on her mother. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The numbness of the initial assault now faded, the bruise deepened into my skin, along with an anger so hot, it threatened to burn me alive. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He didn’t know it, but he was in the midst of a coordinated assault. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Just as had been the case so many times before, our naval bombardment and air assaults hadn’t been very effective in knocking out the coastal defenses. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We ate a dinner of Slim Jims, raisins, and Snickers and retired to our tents to escape the endless assault of mosquitoes. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They charged him with two felonies: “aggravated mayhem” and “assault with intent to cause great bodily injury.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Ahem, it seems the assailant assaulted the Kuhani before making her escape.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There was smoke, clatter, mud, and confusion, as if an army were massing for an assault on Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z However, he had decided to use the time to attempt another assault on the Room of Requirement. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Please don’t make a scene. My psyche wall crumble entirely after the assaults it has recently received.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands are wrapped in white bandages, and as he continues his ferocious assault on the punching bag, I can see glimpses of blood staining the bandages over his knuckles. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A young man in a beret and military fatigues knelt on one knee in the grass, holding a Russian assault rifle, watching us with mild interest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the sexual assault at the hands of someone I loved and trusted left me shattered. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The Wicked One held an arm out, to stop the assault. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Better to go by the trees that sheltered the large colonies of fruit bats; the only assault there at that early hour was the bats’ discordant concerts of squeaking and chattering. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He led an assault before dawn the following morning. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “Many of us have filed complaints against Officers Long and Tate. There is video showing them physically assaulting a black student. Yet they were allowed back on the job. Why, Dr. Cook?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Zakariyya had been in and out of trouble with the law since he got out of jail, with various charges for assault and drunk and disorderly conduct. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly he charged, opting for a rapid assault this time. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The women of Raskova’s regiments seem to have generally escaped assault and unwanted attention. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Ram must be concentrating on that part, while the only thing I see is that Caliban tried to assault Miranda. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The infantry made so good an assault on those that remained that in a short time most of them were put to the sword. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But he kept the third, her conviction for “assaulting” an officer who had lifted her out of her seat and dragged her off the bus. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z But no one was paying attention to Butler—too busy watching their comrades, making sure they weren’t alone in the assault. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Taking his leave, he returned to the walls, and passed round all their circuit, enheartening the men, and lending aid wherever the assault was hot. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Arm braced himself for the assault of sensations from the street. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z One of the whites was Jimmy George Robinson, who had assaulted King in the Albert Hotel. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z If this boy decided to assault me, it would have to be against the walls or on the floor. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I probably wouldn’t have lived for very long if I had assaulted those officers. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “They could be laying out some kind of assault plans,” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly afterward, the Pequots, incensed by the assaults on their towns and their food supplies, attacked Fort Saybrook, at the mouth of the Connecticut River. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Years later, she’d had a panic attack at a water park in Denver, when Percy and she were assaulted by mechanical spiders. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Yes, Seward had been a target, but the viciousness of the assault shocked and revolted Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Tears for every name of unarmed black men and women I know of who’ve been assaulted or murdered by the police are inked on the page. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Net hysteria, a staple of modem journalistic and political life, flares up whenever there’s a killing, sex assault, new vims, hacking incident, or other problem even remotely connected to the Internet. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had suffered a public physical assault by two white Communists with black Communists looking on. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The civil rights assault had failed because of defections in the ranks. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The warm mist of assault crept across the waters and involved us, piling down from ship decks and gun ports, mountainous, sharp with fume. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z To judge by the tape, Ai withstood gibes and assaults with patience. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “For assaulting one of the king’s Jews,” Louis went on, “the fine is fifteen livres.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z All of the large gunter clans immediately banded together to launch a full-scale assault on the Sixers’ force field, trying everything they could think of to bring it down or circumvent it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Everyone knows this is the eve of assault: Those on watch say that they have seen great caravans of refugees fleeing from the invested town with carts piled high and wagons full of effects. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z An audible hiss of disbelief arose from the pilots of 234 every time he assaulted a beer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Something within their territory has frightened them—the intrusion of an enemy, the assault of a dominant animal, a startling noise—and set off a flight reaction. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And a year ago Janell was seriously assaulted by another ex-boyfriend who had just gotten out of prison. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As if her words signaled the next stage in the assault, the giant stone double doors to the chamber shuddered as something crashed against them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then there was the time that a new recruit in Tom’s company was gunned down while trying to stop an assault. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A bullet struck his leg, but he rode on, leading the final assault that shattered the British fortifications. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Once again, he was assaulted by the glorious smell of rotten produce. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z There were dark corners and hallways—terrifying spaces at Tutwiler where women could be beaten or sexually assaulted. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t pay what I pay in tuition to have my daughter assaulted in the hallways!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z ‘I wish Merry was here,’ he heard himself saying, and quick thoughts raced through his mind, even as he watched the enemy come charging to the assault. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “You assaulted my battery or whatever they call it.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He is looking at me as though I’m being uncouth by pointing a weapon at him—even though he’s the one with the minion who assaulted me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This view was contradicted with such energy that Mr Charles, quite aside from worrying whether he would become the next focus of the gentlemen's attention, actually thought himself in danger of physical assault. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She assaults me with her own version of the truth. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Now it means a man who carries an assault rifle and who walks in your shadow. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But he is known to have a rap sheet that includes convictions for assault, including one with a deadly weapon. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z There were two Kleynhans brothers on the island, both reputed to have viciously assaulted prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As he and his family traveled through Heidelberg, he slipped into a coma, the result apparently of a combined assault of diabetes, colitis, and his foot infection, all worsened by a bout of food poisoning. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We later heard that Major Knowlton of the rebels had led two hundred men to Charlestown to assault it; they making their way across the mill-dam. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z While that assault was carried out, federal agents arrested 450 suspected anarchists and Communists in raids staged in nine other eastern American cities. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z When I had finished describing the incident, Badenhorst interjected in a gruff, aggressive manner: “Did you actually witness this assault?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Oakland Police Department statistics, there were nearly 2,800 assaults and more than 4,100 robberies. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Pauling’s “assault on DNA,” Watson knew, would be nothing short of formidable. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The winds that had been assaulting us suddenly disappeared. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Between the weather and the Montenegrins’ defeat, it didn’t augur well for our own summit assault, scheduled to get under way in less than six hours. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I step through the curtain and my senses are assaulted. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The same week that Johnny and Tyrone were sentenced, our friend Little Wayne, Johnny’s brother, was arrested for the criminal sexual assault of a four-year-old girl. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, as suddenly as it began, the terrifying assault ended. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, without warning, he bombarded them in an hour-long assault with a fusillade of cruise missiles. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Later we discovered that after the chiefs arrest, he had been assaulted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Alfred Carter Jr., Deborah’s son, is in prison, serving a thirty-year sentence for robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon, and first- degree assault with a handgun. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I can easily have you booked for assault.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the North, such a diversion from studies was unremarkable, but in the Jim Crow South, this was an act of revolution, an assault on the fundamental structure of Southern society. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z All of his efforts and money were used to keep his friend out of jail because of such charges as theft, committing public indecencies, and assault and battery. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He was thinking: retreat is not even an option; we must assault or maneuver. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben could feel a blush begin at the cuticles of his toes, rush through his entire body, and assault the very roots of his hair. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A Nisei man had been assaulted on the street in Seattle. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody got sent down there unless they had done something really bad—like get into a fight where someone gets seriously hurt, or try to escape, or assault a guard. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Juveniles housed in adult prisons are five times more likely to be the victims of sexual assault, so the staff at Apalachee put Ian, who was small for his age, in solitary confinement. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I blink to soothe my eyes from the assault my neon-blue walls are giving them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The prisoner who had fought back crumpled to the ground, dead from a bullet to the brain, and the assaulted officer was hurried away from the assembly grounds. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z But my mother, being more imaginative, retaliated with an assault upon my sensibilities that crushed me with the moral horror involved in taking a life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since the middle night the great assault had gone on. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z At any rate, the two disappeared together, their bond unbroken by the assault. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Geeks who are harassed and humiliated should report the assaults and, perhaps using the possibilities of the Net, take their complaints farther if they are ignored or further victimized. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This was no assault upon the Dark Lord by the men of Gondor, risen like avenging ghosts from the graves of valour long passed away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Our current politics tell you that should you fall victim to such an assault and lose your body, it somehow must be your fault. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The man’s voice, even louder than before, was like an assault. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But the storm raged again, as though it had been gathering its strength for one more assault on the Putnam. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z During the melee, Fuller was arrested for assaulting a police officer. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Not content with that assault, she pulled his beard and tweaked his cheek. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It was the same smell that had assaulted Mark and Alec when they’d approached their own village after chasing down the Berg and marching back. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I arbitrarily punch buttons on the control board and end up hopping from foot to foot as alternating jets of icy cold and steaming hot water assault me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z For a split second Frank thought he’d be crushed under the weight of the massive assault rifle, but the gun changed in midair, becoming smaller and thinner. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z With each minute, it becomes harder to imagine that anyone survived the assault on the Nut. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She wore a bush hat and filthy green fatigues; she carried the standard M-16 automatic assault rifle; her face was black with charcoal. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The angry sparrows persisted with their savage assault. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Another, assaulted by someone wielding a machete atop the trains, arrived with the ligaments in his right hand severed. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I waited all day for more news, for the charges to be made public: kidnap, assault or worse. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We left her to make her way past the body of him who had assaulted her; we abandoned her before she discovered the body of her father. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Standing in line wedged among many people, my nostrils are assaulted by the stale smell of bodies that have not been washed for many days. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Rowan was immediately assaulted by loud dance music. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I was hoping that the urgency created by Linus’ assault on DNA might make him ask Francis and me for help. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z As Cherry stared point-blank at me, the events of Sunday, September 15, 1963, assaulted me all over again. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The island had come under repeated assault, prompting a resurfacing of Olmsted’s old anger about the compulsion of clients to tinker with his landscapes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z No one was injured, and, despite the assaults, the women returned to picket day after day. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Each child, mesmerized by the assault of color, stared into the drift of presents with a seasonal greed as pure as angel hair. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Our numbers seem to hold them back from physical assaults, but more shouting matches are starting to break out along the border that is quickly forming. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem was harnessing the power, sustaining it, and manipulating it for an assault on the nucleus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The smells of the city, which had at first delighted her, began to assault her: sausages and doughnuts, tar and urine, gasoline and sewage. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The assault on Helm’s Deep had begun, but no sound or challenge was heard within; no answering arrows came. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Would you care for a bite to eat before the assault? We can serve Yankees done to order, before or after breakfast.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Their ordinary moments—answering the door, cooking in the kitchen, dancing to Adina Howard—assaulted me and expanded my notion of the human spectrum. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She might be telling him about the assault. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The rest of the house was given over to the tenacious assault of destruction. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The irony of this all-out chemical assault on roadsides and utility rights-of-way is twofold. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z One night, across the street from their apartment, Bernard was brutally assaulted and beaten by two white men. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The motive for this assault was simple and urgent. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z England had already conquered Wales and Scotland, but before its assault on Ireland it had never attempted to replace such a large Indigenous population with settlers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z But in the midst of all that thunder, all that news assaulting our ears, we heard not a word. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But then I remembered my dream of Zoe and Hercules, and how Hercules had failed in a head-on assault. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Sounds, colors, textures, all mash together in an enormous symphonic assault on my senses as I shrink down, smaller and smaller. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z "With the Mud Gate under assault? Folly. Tell Ser Osmund I want him out of there at once, it's too dangerous. Fetch him back to the castle." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z For her assault on Everest in 1996, Pittman once again assembled the sort of kit not commonly seen in climbers’ encampments. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z When despite her assault by comb and scissors a few strands refused to lie down meekly, she soaked them mercilessly into submission. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z This scythe’s ivory robe was pleasant, and far enough from true white not to assault the eye with its brightness. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Allen had been previously arrested for attempted assault. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The measure would replace the current system of adjudicating sexual assault by taking the cases outside a victim’s chain of command. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The whole of that town was occupied in making preparations to repel the assaults of rebellion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z This achieved the desired result, blocking the treaty, while avoiding a frontal assault on executive power. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They came out into the open again, in front of the point of woods from which Lee would watch the assault. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Yeah, okay, the Thicket had been under assault, and yeah, things had looked bad, but Miss Sarah and Miss Rose, and Brer and John Henry, they wouldn’t allow Midfolk to get taken. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In Switzerland, every adult male is issued an assault rifle for militia duty and is allowed to keep the gun at home. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “There will be a cease-fire tomorrow. Noon, they say. To get civilians out. Then they resume the assault.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The woman had assaulted my ego; she had assumed that she knew my place in life, what I felt, what I ought to be, and I resented it with all my heart. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His lungs burned as a stench like earth and fire filled them, and a metallic clanging assaulted his eardrums in a steady, repetitive rhythm he could appreciate. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The nasty weather that had assaulted Seattle since the previous October finally broke, though not before spitting a late spring snowstorm at the city for good measure on March 21. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z That afternoon, Ms. Bruner, an older white woman in her early seventies, was sexually assaulted in her home. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z For while our noses and lungs feasted on nature’s goodness, our eyes were assaulted by evidence of her savagery. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z No sexual assault, or at least none that they could confirm, because of her condition. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Most notably, they provided meat, milk products, fertilizer, land transport, leather, military assault vehicles, plow traction, and wool, as well as germs that killed previously unexposed peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the door is shut, the rabid funk of cigarette smoke assaults Scoob’s nose. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The Communist assaults were also intended to make a statement about the ongoing Paris Peace Accords: the North Vietnamese would not be pushed around. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Rob decreed that Tuesday, May 7, would be a rest day, so we got up late and sat around Camp Two, buzzing with nervous anticipation over the imminent summit assault. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “No need to cause a panic, but this looks like a full-scale assault. The fox’s warning was true.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Except for the motion of the train itself, everything appeared to be standing stock-still, as if waiting for the next assault. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Not one of my classmates spoke to me, no one but the kid who accidentally assaulted my shoulder with his bio book. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He studies the signs: the Sword that robbed him of his treasure re-made; the winds of fortune turning in our favour, and the defeat unlooked-for of his first assault; the fall of his great Captain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Worse yet, men would assault the women trying to make a bit of money, leaving them “poor, wretched, and helpless.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The sounds of assault rifles and atom bombs got louder in Frank’s head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I would be sitting in class and a bloody image from the massacre would come, assaulting my mind. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Peter, serving his master as gentleman’s man, traveled with the rebel army as they marched to launch their assault upon Lord Dunmore and our gathering forces at Norfolk. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They were negotiating final terms for a plea to assault. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z "Johnson is also suspected of assaulting another man that afternoon—Brian Trellis?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The police were called and, upon arrival, arrested the officers on assault charges. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If divorce had presented itself as the dastardly antithesis of all this, it could easily have been cast onto the other pan of the scales, along with betrayal, illness, thieving, assault and mendacity. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Soon, investigators from the Department’s Office of the Inspector General were interviewing them, and, not long after, we learned that the district attorney had decided to bring felony assault charges to a grand jury. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There must be other assaults which could be launched in the fields of politics and sex. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some officers who had received multiple sexual assault complaints were temporarily reassigned to other duties or other prisons, only to wind up back at Tutwiler, where they continued to prey on women. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Some club on campus was selling Valentine’s Day candy grams and the violently pink posters assaulted me everywhere I went. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z In the personal histories of the Soviet women who flew and worked on aircraft during the war, there are many stories of gender discrimination, but there’s practically no mention of sexual aggression or assault. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Before the yellow fever epidemic, even the doctors who disagreed with Rush on medical matters would have defended him against Cobbett’s irrational assaults. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “No, child. Horrors unimagined, I feel, will assault us.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z There they had gathered in the shadow of the cliffs, until the assault above was hottest and nearly all the men of the defence had rushed to the wall’s top. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Out in the jungle on patrol, fear of a sudden assault kept Horan’s nerves on edge. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The thin roof resonated under the rain: it was like being inside a great drum, which might give way any moment under the crazy assault of the drummer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A detailed index of every kind of insane gun Americans can own and state-by-state regulations, which he has to comb through for research on a new set of federal assault rifle policies. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Did we get the troll assault on disk?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “If he were to attack on the right he would draw the enemy from this position and we could then attempt the assault. Supported, of course, by General Hill.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is my daughter, Brianna, the student who was assaulted. May we have a moment of your time now since you won’t return my phone calls?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The First and Second Cohorts—pride of Camp Jupiter, a well-oiled, highly disciplined war machine—fell apart under the assault and the sheer novelty of being on the losing side. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He had been adjudicated as a juvenile delinquent when he was seventeen, for multiple convictions for arson, theft, aggravated assault, gun violence, and, finally, assaulting a police officer. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Two days later I was sitting in the admin building lobby with the threat of being expelled under charges of assault and battery and arson. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Claudette faced three separate charges: violating the segregation law, disturbing the peace, and “assaulting” one of the policemen who had pulled her off the bus. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z A regiment of Reb raptor riders assaulted our post and your brother was struck in the head by a rifle butt. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They were frequently assaulted by terrifying dreams, Rose and Polly often cried when left alone, and although they had all remained in school, their grades were suffering. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z One day, not long afterward, he was assaulted with a garden fork by disgrunded BC members. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The assault slows as the last wraith circles us. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Lee was thinking: we must continue the assault. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He has been down that spring with the first assault of the heart disease which will eventually kill him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon entering the theater, he had carefully buttoned the two earflaps to the top of his cap, and now the strident score of the musical assaulted his naked ears from a variety of speakers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z With a gasp, Harry pulled back and opened his eyes; at the same moment his ears were assaulted with the screeches and cries, the smashes and bangs of battle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He, too, informed the court that he had been assaulted while in prison, and subjected to electric shock treatment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were struggles, pursuits, an assault on a rival, finally a sensational kidnapping. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And now, in your time, the law has become an excuse for stopping and frisking you, which is to say, for furthering the assault on your body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But as darkness fell, three white Unitarian ministers who had come to Selma to take part in the march were assaulted by a gang of whites as they left a restaurant. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the United States was still officially neutral, it was lending aid to Britain, then under Nazi assault by air and sea. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The shape of a boxer’s nose is not just the consequence of his genetic heritage; it is determined by the nature of his chosen profession, and the number of physical assaults on its cartilage. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Then the man in black launched his greatest assault. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Like us, they are tired—exhausted really—from being vigilant against assaults, from trying to stay on The Beast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “They’re already logged in, preparing for your assault on the Sixers!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He broke the brunt of her assault with his upraised elbow and punched her neatly on the jaw. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Our bodies finally surrendered to the overpowering assault of mosquitoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re going to arm all the little grapes with tiny assault rifles?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The police ended up taking me into custody for assault under the influence. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I’ve a good mind to take you up too, for assault and battery.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jules and I are coming to you to report an assault.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure that it was rather perceptive and incisive, whatever it was. I would imagine that it is rather difficult to comprehend her assaults upon the mother tongue.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A nonhot boy stares at you relentlessly and it is, at best, awkward and, at worst, a form of assault. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He had been bitten, cut, gone without rest, had assaulted the Cliffs of Insanity, had saved and taken lives. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The sounds of the assault on the castle were muffled and distant. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “That wasn’t a joke, Marcus; it was felony assault! What’s next, acid in my face? I hear hot tar and feathers is a real crowd pleaser.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Her scouting parties had secured it as a forward base for the legion’s assault on Camp Half-Blood. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Like most mothers, she wielded tremendous power and my staunch resolve would crumble like a sandcastle before her frontal assaults, which were like tidal waves. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Like any good military mind, I decided that a direct assault was the wrong move. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We proceeded along the street, marching warily to avoid the assaults of guile unmoved by the fear of bombardment; the shops and warehouses to either side of us were evidently deserted. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She said that sexual assault was a crime of perception. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In this type of swift warfare, German dive-bombers attacked Poland from the air to support the tank assaults on the ground. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The six-foot-four activist added, “If I ever assault a cop, he’s going to leave there with some physical markings.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A few wanted to assault the city immediately, lest the Volantenes rob them of their glory and the best part of the plunder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “A Fflam to the rescue! Storm the castle! Carry it by assault! Batter down the gates!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “B is for Basil, assaulted by bears,” I reply, continuing the morbid rhyme we memorized off the poster on my bedroom wall. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Percentage of confined youths who have been sexually assaulted while in custody: 9.5. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z On the screen, Ladybird Hope spray-painted an assault rifle with a stencil of her name in bubble letters. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He and Bono sat by my side, though clearly their senses were assaulted by the noisome sheets and the breath of myself and those around me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Shut up over there,” Miss Annie screamed through her shutters as Ignatius gathered his smock about him and swept into the hall contemplating his most important problem: organizing a new assault against the minx’s effrontery. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured us for a burglary or an assault or something. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I discovered later that I’d bitten my thumbnails down to their bleeding nail beds waiting for Paul’s planned assault from behind. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I pictured them hovering above the cave, studying our footprints, preparing their assault. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Obviously his assault was staged to unhinge me, the same way Darius’s presence in my quarters was. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The streets near the city gates were almost entirely evacuated, owners fearing too much the assaults of enemy artillery. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Some years before Bailey and I arrived in town, a man was hunted down for assaulting white womanhood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “They don’t care about your safety, first of all. They didn’t care when that poor girl got assaulted and had a seizure, and they won’t care about Reg’s injuries.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Now he saw that it was not random thorny branches and his own clumsiness in walking into them, but rather an assault from Forest itself. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He had broken in and assaulted Dr. Kent. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z This would establish a means of access for the assault on Parthia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “We were going to assault a mountain with the enemy at the top.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z That would make the tower very difficult to assault; attackers would need to wade through the water or bridge the little channel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So they both lived, delighting in their own devices, and feared no assault, nor wrath, nor any end of their wickedness. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But today he had his baby sister over his shoulder spouting gibberish, and the last thing he wanted to do was expose her to murderous assault fire. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z His father’s Roman and Greek personalities screamed back and forth in Frank’s mind with the usual soundtrack of battle noises—explosions, assault rifles, roaring jet engines—all throbbing like a subwoofer behind Frank’s eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Between napping and assaulting the glove, the afternoon and evening passed rather quickly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The biggest Marine force ever assembled was going to assault the Japanese stronghold of Iwo Jima, only 600 miles south of Tokyo. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A thick bank of clouds roils above Serra as if gathering strength for an assault. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Charles and I are both quite concerned about you; we hope you were not among those who made the first initial assault upon the Cotentin Peninsula. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z If each one of those soldiers had at least one M-16 assault rifle, there were about twenty thousand automatic rifles in the city. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “They are all accounted for—back in the mortal world and in place for the final assault.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Not enough left now for a major assault. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Obviously the defenders never dreamed an assault would get this far. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Remedios the Beauty and her startled friends managed to take refuge in a nearby house just as they were about to be assaulted by a pack of ferocious males. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She curled herself into a ball, but as she closed her eyes, memories assaulted her, so she sat back up, leaning against the rough wooden wall. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His left eyelid, which still droops slightly from the assault, pulses and twitches. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Fought off this assault, thinking all the while coldly, calmly, perhaps now we are approaching the end. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The city continued to stagger under the invisible invader’s assault. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Perhaps he had found a means of assaulting the effrontery of M. Minkoff. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After three and a half months, the court found her guilty of kidnapping charges and being an accessory to assault. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No official body count, no reliable numbers of physical assaults, and no definitive records of worker jailings without due process truly document the violence of the struggle for workers’ rights. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Black leaders stationed sharpshooters on the roofs of buildings, and, in a reversal of what had been taking place for four days, blacks began pulling whites off streetcars and assaulting them. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z An onslaught of smells assaulted her at once, a coppery tang thick in the air, but other smells too, ones she didn’t like. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I heard you assaulted a softball field in Coalwood a few weeks back. Were there any casualties?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I say “probably” because of what transpired four days after Norton’s summit assault. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The captain of Dragonsbane had driven her between two quays, ripping out her bottom; her crew poured ashore with the archers and men-at-arms to join the assault on the walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He did not attack me again, but I lay awake in fear at night, remembering the assault. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There were similar assaults over the years during which he headed the Klan. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A shuddering howl broke from him, as if he were a captain summoning his pack to the assault. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “You are not to assault my students! We don’t need them to take their shoes off unless we have a reason to suspect there is something in their shoes.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The smell of fake lemon cleaner and bleach assaulted my nostrils as the sheet settled around me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It demands great force and great cunning continually to assault the mighty and indifferent fortress of white supremacy, as Negroes in this country have done so long. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Then he assaulted toe first boughs manfully, while the gentlewoman ran about underneath, talking about hawks and husbands and toe nice weather they were having. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon more bad news begins to spread: Secretary Seward has been assaulted in his bed. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z While he was in the hospital, he was served a warrant charging him with assault and battery with intent to murder a peace officer. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The lucky ones are excluded, the unfortunates are harassed, humiliated, sometimes assaulted literally as well as socially. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing a few feet away was his dad, Mars, wearing a red beret and olive fatigues with the insignia of the Italian Special Forces, an assault rifle slung over his shoulder. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z If I said yes, she'd let me be; if I said no, she would assault me again. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She was not frightened by rumors of robberies and assaults, but, somehow, she was reluctant to go for Brigid’s sake. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “And in order for us to see, we must constantly be assaulted by what others shed.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z At the end of three weeks the trial for William was held and he was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The generals of Europe are still ordering massed assaults against fortified positions long years after his death, in 1904, at the age of eighty-three. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Far more horrific was the German army’s assault on Stalingrad, which began in August 1942. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z There was no snowstorm, no churning sky, no assaulting cold on this side of the witch’s palace. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z We went to the girls’ bedroom and started to assault the minibar. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z That is the danger that he sees, and he has fled back to Isengard to double and treble his assault on Rohan. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When we caught up to him, we saw he had stopped near a group of soldiers carrying assault rifles. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “The assault at Milliken’s Bend was the Rebs’ last hope to get reinforcements to Vicksburg,” David said over the excited chatter filling the Bochinche. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The tribal cops had to pull twenty or thirty adult Spokanes off the court before any of them assaulted a teenage white kid. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z When Jus steps inside and the fragrance of chicken cacciatore assaults his senses, he’s one hundred percent sure he doesn’t wanna be here. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It assaults the cobblestones, the houses, the windows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The culture of sexual violence was so pervasive that even the prison chaplain was sexually assaulting women when they came to the chapel. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Renee assaulted me in homeroom with a copy of the program in her hand. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As expected, the gossip fence had instantly informed their parents about our assault on the tipple. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "Such an assault as he made puts him on a level with assassins." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Under criminal history: Arrested at eleven for assault. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “What kind of man is it that pulls a corporal underneath a latrine stall and assaults him with his pants down?” the colonel answered in a voice remarkable for its softness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll pass you across the river. Give me two hundred pesos,” they say to the unwary; then they take their clients to the riverbank and assault them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Because it was Saturday, Levy Pants had ceased its assaults upon the concept of free enterprise for the weekend. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The assault on the summit must wait while the three boys accepted this challenge. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z That search returned few results, but I found an article dated three years earlier about the trial of a Brighton, Colorado, boy arrested for assault. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Here are three I noticed in just a few days of reading: The senator plans to introduce legislation next week that fixes a critical flaw in the military’s handling of assault cases. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Even the greens, her favorite shades of greens, flee the trees and assault her with luminosity. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The father eventually goes to jail for sexual assault. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “This can be a long, cold walk for an in-mate who’s assaulted staff,” said the officer who escorted us, noting with a wink that there were no cameras in the corridor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll have it,” he cried, and he opened the stove lid and assaulted the fire with the stove lifter until the hairs on his hand curled and charred. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But then, much later, another rather curious idea arose, an assault by mysticism and superstition into what had been largely an empirical science. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Diego howled—earning us glares from the preppy parents who probably presumed we were drunk—and the wave of bad music continued to assault our ears as Creed blurred into Nickelback. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Only with the introduction of trucks and tanks in World War I did horses finally become supplanted as the main assault vehicle and means of fast transport in war. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, some of the truckers fear that migrants might assault them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The hedgehog was crumbling, the northerners reeling back under the impact of the mounted assault. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They met in center plateau for the final assault. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Anything potent enough to put on such a show could well blow away the magnetosphere, the magnetic zone high above the Earth that normally protects us from ultraviolet rays and other cosmic assaults. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The nice thing about the finished ticket was that it all sounded worse than it was, containing words such as assault, unhygienic act, threats, etc. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps that is why you were crying, because in that moment you understood that even your relatively privileged security can never match a sustained assault launched in the name of the Dream. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z My nose scrunched as if assaulted by Fig’s pungent puke. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She rocked backward as if assaulted by a strange wind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It assaulted my senses with a pent-up rage that made my head reel, my stomach chum and my legs wobble. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The humidity mounted an assault even at nine-twenty in the morning—like a hot, wet towel wrapped around his face. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I was no longer worried that hired killers were going to leap out and assault me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Instead of assaulting him with my fists, as I felt like doing, I pummeled him with words. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Cursed Diamonds of Lady Delune was a story about the cost of immortality, not the assault of a two-hundred-year-old woman. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “He aims to charge you with meditated criminal assault. Here, you, make that gal shut up that noise.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting very straight in his chair, his powerful chest swelling and quivering as though he were standing up to the assault of a wave. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The other men readjusted their packs and got ready for the make-believe assault, and Seaman Stephanides abandoned the solitude of his helmet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With a kind of wry envy, Hazel realized that Bigwig was actually looking forward to meeting the Efrafan assault. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z During his continued trips around the city, he saw cars set afire, buggies overturned and their horses lashed, women assaulted, sailors fighting with civilians, and rocks and eggs thrown at innocent bystanders. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The main bulk of Rabadash's men had been on foot ready to assault the gate. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The walls gleamed with guns, assault rifles, grenades . . . things they’d only seen in blockbuster summer movies. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z When Arthur had been unable to take a strong-arm castle by assault, he had caused tunnels to be dug under selected parts of the wafl. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark yells with a burst of adrenaline, then throws all his strength into one last assault, this time leaping up and throwing both feet forward. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They set up a base in one village and waited for a Miami assault. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z But if a strong Union force was on a hill to the south . . . but without Longstreet’s Corps a general assault was impossible. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he was one small soldier in a city preparing for a great assault, clad in the proud but sombre manner of the Tower of Guard. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Then even as he thought these things the first assault crashed into them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z British and American planes waged brutal air assaults over Germany in retaliation. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The half ended like that—with a relentless Lake Windsor assault that produced nothing. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He possessed a flinty self-confidence that protected him like a shell from the world’s assaults. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The shooting victim did not die; Mr. Dill was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z While A. Mancuso was performing the arrest, three women, Club, Steele, and Bumper, emerged from the large crowd before the club and assaulted him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Prudence occasions us to restrain where anger might bid us assault. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Women suffered the assaults of their neighbors climbing towards freedom. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Aristotle offers as his own example the case of an assault. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z To assault any of the three towers, an attacker must expose his back to arrows from the other two, whilst climbing damp stone walls festooned with streamers of slimy white ghostskin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In addition, Native American armies had no animals to oppose to horses, whose value for assaults and fast transport gave Europeans an overwhelming advantage until some Native American societies themselves adopted them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Joe admitted helping the older boys with the burglary earlier in the day but adamantly denied any knowledge of or involvement in the sexual assault. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “You marched against assault weapons,” he says, far calmer about this than I am. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “That’s like an assault. Someone ripping into your personal space, taking it away from you. It’s assault. That video is an assault on you and Max.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z After doing time for assault in Alabama, where he grew up, and a second sentence for weapons possession, he had been in New York, dating a woman who was also dating a CO. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Downstairs, by contrast, were the baddest of the bad—almost exclusively, inmates who had assaulted guards. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been convicted of assaulting a police officer, information that would forever blemish her job applications, credit record, and school transcripts. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “My folks got a call this morning. Mr. Christensen is pressing charges against me for ‘assaulting’ his son.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Should assaulting an officer of the state be a capital offense, rendered without trial, with the officer as judge and executioner? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z With two officers, encounters with citizens are far more likely to end in an arrest or an injury to whomever they are arresting or a charge of assaulting a police officer. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Leo’s nose was assaulted by good smells—cedar, juniper, jasmine, peaches, and fresh herbs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z On the right flank, Annabeth was leading an assault with her siblings. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The feds cut a deal with Morrison: in return for getting his arrest warrant for assault quashed, he would work as an informant on the Osage murder cases. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Ma was assaulted trying to get Geak a bit of chicken meat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he died, state prosecutors changed the charges against Mr. Dill from assault to capital murder. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z You’re armed with gadgets, thin shards of metal that perform outrageous feats of technology and assault. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I began by recounting the recent assault in the general section. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The gyptians had planned to stop and rest their dogs, repair a couple of sledges, and get all their weapons into shape for the assault on Bolvangar. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He could just as easily have said twenty minutes, and now that he was alone, assaulted by what city people regard as raucous silence, he wished he had said five minutes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The eight-man expedition was pinned down in a ferocious blizzard high on K2, waiting to make an assault on the summit, when a team member named Art Gilkey developed thrombophlebitis, a life-threatening altitude-induced blood clot. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Now at last in the middle night the assault was loosed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The intruder assaulted him but ran off when Mrs. Kent arrived. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The Hab canvas rippled under the brutal assault as the internal supports bent and shivered with each gust. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In reality there would have been, as always, too few, except that the last act, a mass assault against suicidally-defended Japan, never took place. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She explained, “Your violation is called a ‘Level Four Infraction,’ in this case, ‘assaulting a teacher or other School Board employee.’ Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It has changed hands by secession often, by siege- once, by treachery twice, but never by assault On this tower the look-out hoved. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew I didn’t have all night to play because of Mom, so I gave it another try as the Japanese made their final “Banzai!” assault. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “For whatever reason, you didn’t like that Blake Benson wanted to take this girl to bed. So you assaulted him?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z See, I sneaked into this go-go bar with a fake ID, and then, well, the bouncer and some guy named Buddy Ray assaulted me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Nearly one in six migrant girls detained by immigration authorities in Texas says she has been sexually assaulted during her journey, according to a 1997 University of Houston study. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Well, I know that the school was looking for an excuse to start the pilot program, and they used Shawna’s assault as a means to justify its use.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Over the wall and under the wall the last assault came sweeping like a dark wave upon a hill of sand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes the nearest school was far away or too expensive, or the risk of being assaulted while getting there was too great. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As soon as we hit the Bronx bricks, our senses were assaulted. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It satirized the familiar, everyday tragedy of a chaste young girl, with below-shoulder-length blond hair and udder-size breasts, being criminally assaulted in church, in the very shadow of the altar, by her minister. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z This did not protect him from assault but it allowed him an immunity. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He chose not to repeat her own advice back to her, however; the eve of their attempted assault on Gringotts felt like the wrong moment to antagonize her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Under the pitiless double assaults of her mother and grandmother, the cottage where she lived was always squeaking clean, mopped and swept and scoured into limp submission. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Macon was so shocked at being assaulted he could not speak. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Women were being sexually harassed, exploited, abused, and assaulted by male officers in countless ways. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There was for a while a lull in the assault, since the attempt to break in through the culvert had been foiled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Over the roar of the crowd, Piper could barely hear herself think, but she replayed Enceladus’s words: these two would lead the assault. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The cottage, being of small, mean construction, could not withstand their assault. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They head out into the hallway, where a fresh wave of heat and stench assaults Mark’s senses. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It was an answer to the question, but it came out as though he were warding off a nightmare or a blow, as though even the idea was an assault, and he couldn’t bear it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That evening, white gangs assaulted black stockyard workers as they headed home. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z His family watched him leave, then fanning out in well-drilled squads they set about assaulting the long-standing dust from the recesses and corners of the massive house. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When the case came to trial, Goetz was easily acquitted on charges of assault and attempted murder. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look at the words—for what people do: attack, assault, molest, devastate, infiltrate.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z There was no telling what Tenorio would do at this insult; everyone knew he was crazy enough to assault the priest. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When Octavian’s troops moved to the outskirts of Alexandria, Mark Antony launched an assault that temporarily forced the Romans to retreat. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘And, maybe,’ said Imrahil, ‘the road that leads thence to the pass above will prove an easier way of assault upon the Dark Lord than his northern gate.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The orderly spoke of my father as a little man, but he was not, not until his black lung made its final assault. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “He claims you two simply exchanged words and that you were injured in the scuffle with Phil. So we’re looking at two possible assaults.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The Department of Prisons released a statement to the press that I had been removed from the island for my own safety because PAC prisoners were planning to assault me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z More hands and more legs continue their assault on him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。