How to Use attack in a Sentence

attack

1 of 3 verb

• He attacked the guard with a knife.
• The troops attacked at dawn.
• Troops attacked the fortress at dawn.
• Did you see the way the kids attacked that pizza?
• The professor has been widely attacked for her position on the issue.
• People are attacking the mayor for breaking campaign promises.
• This was not the first time Nassar has been attacked in prison.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
• Knight was in the car with Shakur when they were attacked in Las Vegas.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
• The coach who embraces reporters or the one who attacks them?
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• Before she was attacked, the Grant Park skate park had been a haven for Zoey Wolfe.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2023
• In a new ad launched last week, the group attacks the president and his son, Hunter Biden.
  — Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 2023
• Christie, Haley and Pence all attacked Trump at the first debate.
  — Nigel Chiwaya, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2023
• The fear of being attacked forced their family to pick up and move to Qusra.
  — Zeena Saifi, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
• Yet in the 18 months since, both sides have relied on artillery, drones and long-range missiles to attack.
  — Lara Jakes, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2023
• The White men attacked him, sparking a massive brawl as onlookers stepped in to help the co-captain.
  — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
• The state agency most known for its epic failures now has a leader attacking even the smallest ones.
  — Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
• Asked to comment on her gambit — a query inviting him to attack Porter and accuse her of hypocrisy — Schiff refused to bite.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• Instead of attacking him, the dogs came to protect him and became his allies.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 July 2023
• Later that day in the same neighborhood, the otter attacked a dog that was with its owners and their baby.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2023
• As the father of three was watching TV, he was attacked from behind, suffering seven stab wounds to the neck, chest and thigh.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
• Israel has said that around 240 hostages were taken when Hamas attacked the country on Oct. 7.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2023
• It has been invoked only once: after the United States was attacked on 9/11.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Jan. 2024
• In August alone, an 82-year-old woman was attacked by a black bear in her Colorado home, and a 7-year-old boy was attacked in his yard in New York.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
• The boy accused the sisters of attacking a member of his family.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• Israel has launched some strikes in Lebanon in recent months and Hezbollah has attacked parts of northern Israel.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024
• The 39-year-old also said that the Ukrainians were attacking their position with drones, something his unit didn’t have.
  — Sugam Pokharel, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024
• Christie has positioned himself as the G.O.P. hopeful who is most willing to attack Trump.
  — Maya King, New York Times, 9 July 2023
• Antibodies in the blood can recognize the organ as foreign and may try to attack it.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2024
• Twichell neither attacks his dad nor makes excuses for his views.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
• The Antelopes play an aggressive, attacking style that gets them to the free throw line more than anyone else in Division I (30.2 per game).
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2023

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attack

2 of 3 noun

• The surprise attack came at dawn.
• The immune system is the body's defense against attack by germs.
• The spray protects plants from attacks by many common pests.
• There is a threat of nuclear attack.
• There have been many attacks against the professor for her position on the issue.
• The newspaper editorial is an attack on policy-makers.
• Each attack on Kharkiv feels like a body blow to the soul.
  — Claire Harbage, NPR, 24 Feb. 2024
• The normal route -- three weeks via the Suez Canal -- has been shut down by the Houthi attacks.
  — Paul Wiseman and Mae Anderson The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 30 Jan. 2024
• Some of them may have been sleeping at the start of the brutal attack.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 27 June 2023
• Abigail, who was 3 years old at the time of the attack, turned 4 on Friday.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Nov. 2023
• Brave said that such attacks can happen up to 10 times a day.
  — Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
• She has been held hostage by Hamas since the Oct. 7 attacks, in which both her parents were killed.
  — Harriet Torry, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2023
• After all, it was written in the wake of the attack on the United States Capitol.
  — Rita Braver, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2023
• The United States feared Grenada could be used as a base from which to launch an attack.
  — Rennie Svirnovskiy, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
• There’s been a Russian missile attack, and the house, like the woman’s life, lies in ruins.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2024
• The effort was a reprise of a visit by Blinken last month, just days after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• The site of the stabbing attack at a kindergarten in Guangdong province on Monday.
  — Sha Hua, WSJ, 10 July 2023
• And while shark-on-human attacks are rare, there has been reports of bites occurring in the New York area.
  — John Sharp | [e-mail], al, 9 July 2023
• The attack on goal is averted and his teammates begin an assault of their own.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
• Iran blames Israel for the attack, and has vowed to retaliate.
  — Peter Kenyon, NPR, 12 Apr. 2024
• Dog attacks have been known to kill animals and humans.
  — Meera Subramanian, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
• These Arab states still see Iran as a shared threat, and last month’s brutal attack by Iran’s proxy, Hamas, has reinforced that view.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023
• Last month, a rare stabbing attack killed one person and injured three others in Seoul.
  — Grace Moon, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
• The attacks have increased with regularity since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2023
• The incident was the first in the region to cost the lives of American troops since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and its ensuing conflict.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
• The donors pulled their funding over allegations by Israel that some of its staff were involved in the Hamas attacks.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024
• Drone attacks in Russia lift prices Much of this late winter increase in prices is normal.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
• Police seized the knife from him in between his barrage of attacks on officers.
  — Michael Kunzelman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024
• In the face of these attacks, many company leaders are troublingly silent about their commitment to DEI.
  — Adia Harvey Wingfield, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2024
• Meanwhile, the victim was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after the attack.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 12 Apr. 2024

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attack

3 of 3 adjective

• The bombers were in attack formation.
• The Rapids were most successful in 2019 with a pressing and counter-attack style.
  — Jake Shapiro, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2020
• But matters weren’t helped by MacArthur’s post-attack grandstanding.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2020
• Then another idea: Attack forces of evil not persons doing evil.
  — Annie Sweeney, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2017
• Then, with the click of a button, the original data can be immediately rolled back to its pre-attack state, essentially rendering ransomware threats impotent.
  — Yuen Pin Yeap, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
• Among its findings are that most attackers exhibit indicators of pre-attack behavior.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2022
• While there was clearly an undercurrent of resistance to the current administration in Washington, winners did not overtly attack President Trump.
  — Jocelyn Noveck, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2018
• The bombers were in attack formation.
• The Rapids were most successful in 2019 with a pressing and counter-attack style.
  — Jake Shapiro, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2020
• But matters weren’t helped by MacArthur’s post-attack grandstanding.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2020
• Then another idea: Attack forces of evil not persons doing evil.
  — Annie Sweeney, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2017
• Then, with the click of a button, the original data can be immediately rolled back to its pre-attack state, essentially rendering ransomware threats impotent.
  — Yuen Pin Yeap, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
• Among its findings are that most attackers exhibit indicators of pre-attack behavior.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2022
• While there was clearly an undercurrent of resistance to the current administration in Washington, winners did not overtly attack President Trump.
  — Jocelyn Noveck, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2018
• The bombers were in attack formation.
• The Rapids were most successful in 2019 with a pressing and counter-attack style.
  — Jake Shapiro, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2020
• But matters weren’t helped by MacArthur’s post-attack grandstanding.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2020
• Then another idea: Attack forces of evil not persons doing evil.
  — Annie Sweeney, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2017
• Then, with the click of a button, the original data can be immediately rolled back to its pre-attack state, essentially rendering ransomware threats impotent.
  — Yuen Pin Yeap, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
• Among its findings are that most attackers exhibit indicators of pre-attack behavior.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2022
• While there was clearly an undercurrent of resistance to the current administration in Washington, winners did not overtly attack President Trump.
  — Jocelyn Noveck, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2018

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024