How to Use aggressor in a Sentence

aggressor

noun

• Each country accused the other of being the aggressor.
• The man who attacked the aggressor then leveled a blow to his head.
  — Emma Colton, Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2020
• More protections are needed to thwart more salvos from more aggressors.
  — Colin Demarest, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
• Bill Hancock believes that Jim was the victim, not the aggressor.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 14 Nov. 2020
• At this point, Trump appears to be the legal aggressor as results from urban areas roll in and cut his edge.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2020
• Turkey is not the aggressor here, but the one constantly struggling against those who aim to disregard and undermine her natural rights.
  — WSJ, 25 Sep. 2020
• Imagine being looked down upon by your society as the aggressor in every situation.
  — Marcus Hunter Ii, Star Tribune, 12 Oct. 2020
• Not needing to be the aggressor, Dixon avoided the chaos that erupted both mid and late-race, with an uncharacteristically slow pace car that caused cold tires and brakes on restarts.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2020
• The former couple has each claimed that the other was the aggressor in the incident that led to Chigvintsev's Aug. 29 arrest.
  — Julia Moore, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
• And both the authoritarian aggressor and the democratic defender have proved willing to absorb grievous casualties in a war now grinding through its third year.
  — Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024
• In the first half, the Tigers (7-2, 5-1) were the aggressor on their home field in front of a loud crowd.
  — Chip Souza, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2022
• That’s at the core of the tragedy of being an aggressor.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
• At the top of Wednesday night's game plan: be the aggressor.
  — The Courier-Journal, 11 Jan. 2024
• The man who had been driving the car appeared to have been the aggressor.
  — cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
• The Celtics were the aggressors early, scoring the game’s first 10 points.
  — Kyle Hightower, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
• This is atrocious, this is wrong, this is the aggressor, this is the one that needs to end this war.
  — Manu Raju, CNN, 18 Mar. 2022
• Russia is the aggressor, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
  — Justin Gomez, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2022
• The moral fault for an attack such as this lies with the aggressor who opened fire.
  — Sam Bahour, Washington Post, 3 June 2021
• The insurgents from the hard right of the GOP are usually the aggressors.
  — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
• The aggressor’s rights do not take precedence over the rights of its victims.
  — Lawrence H. Summers, Foreign Affairs, 15 June 2023
• Mays’ sister said the group that approached them were the aggressors.
  — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
• Parents rushed to the aide of the injured athlete as the referee ushered the aggressor off the mat.
  — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 21 Apr. 2023
• This case doesn’t present a clear aggressor or victim; a clear right or wrong.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 18 May 2021
• Her family claimed Ma'Khia and Ja'Niah were the ones who had called 911 to the scene for help, as opposed to being the aggressor.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 14 May 2021
• And in their eyes, Seth was almost always the aggressor.
  — Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2023
• Portland came out as the aggressors in the second half, and Austin wilted.
  — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
• First, the use of force must be proportionate to the force employed by the aggressor.
  — Ronald Sullivan, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2021
• So Tueller assigned one officer to play the role of the aggressor.
  — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Dec. 2021
• And they'll be reminded that there was some back and forth, and so who's the initial aggressor?
  — NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021
• Auburn was the first-half aggressor getting five of its seven sacks on Young.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 27 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024