How do you use Assaulting in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Assaulting in a sentence
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Assaulting meaning
present participle and gerund of assault
Using Assaulting
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of assault
- In the example corpus, assaulting often appears in combinations such as: sexually assaulting, of assaulting, for assaulting.
Context around Assaulting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 15 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Assaulting
- In this selection, "assaulting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sexually, started, officer, arsenal, former and women stand out and add context to how "assaulting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accused of assaulting his partner, admitted sexually assaulting a teenage and sexually assaulting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "assaulting" sits close to words such as canon, elon and exile, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with assaulting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Adequate punishment should be given to the culprits for sexually and physically assaulting me in the most horrific manner. (19 words)
A 61-year-old Lancashire man has been charged with assaulting former health secretary Matt Hancock on the London Underground. (20 words)
A bail hearing for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting women in Calgary will continue later this month. (20 words)
A 35-year-old London man has been banned from attending soccer games for four years after pleading guilty to assaulting Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale at the end of a match in January. (33 words)
Ownbey was accused of strangling and sexually assaulting the victim without her consent and knowingly causing her great bodily harm, and sexually assaulting her with both his person and a clothes hanger. (32 words)
A 65-year-old man, Waheed Kareem, has been arrested and is currently detained at the Oyo State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ownbey was accused of strangling and sexually assaulting the victim without her consent and knowingly causing her great bodily harm, and sexually assaulting her with both his person and a clothes hanger.
In the process, they started assaulting the driver and a task force came and started assaulting the driver and asking him why he was blocking the road.
A Hawker man allegedly prevented a woman from leaving his home before throwing knives at her, assaulting her, attempting to choke her and sexually assaulting her on Saturday (June 27) night.
The accused was first arrested in Norway House on Sept. 7, 2019, and charged with eight offences, including assaulting a peace officer, assaulting a female acquaintance and auto theft.
A 32-year-old man has appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court accused of assaulting his partner to her severe injury with a blade.
A 35-year-old London man has been banned from attending soccer games for four years after pleading guilty to assaulting Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale at the end of a match in January.
A 60-year-old care worker has been sentenced for assaulting and ill-treating an 87-year-old woman in her home.
A 61-year-old Lancashire man has been charged with assaulting former health secretary Matt Hancock on the London Underground.
A 65-year-old man, Waheed Kareem, has been arrested and is currently detained at the Oyo State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
A bail hearing for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting women in Calgary will continue later this month.
A Bronx man has been sentenced to prison after repeatedly sexually assaulting a woman on board a Brooklyn A train in 2021.
According to numbers presented during the meeting, police have arrested 572 protesters since the demonstrations began in January for disturbing the peace, not obeying police instructions or assaulting police officers.
A Civil Society Organisation, Rainbow Watch and Development Centre, has decried the spate of wives assaulting their husbands in Rivers state.
A court heard how he caused “acute physical and mental suffering” to Jacob Crouch over six months, before assaulting him in a “vicious” fatal attack in December 2020.
A day earlier, a 19-year-old woman was charged with assaulting a student in a dispute over posters bearing the names and images of hostages being held by Hamas.
Adequate punishment should be given to the culprits for sexually and physically assaulting me in the most horrific manner.
Adrian Golebieska, 22, of Lorne Street, Wrexham, previously pleaded guilty at the first opportunity at North Cheshire Magistrates Court to assaulting his partner, causing her actual bodily harm.
A former Durham cricket coach has admitted sexually assaulting a teenage player after being convicted of similar offences on four previous occasions.
A former middle school drama teacher in Florida pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student two years ago, NBC Miami reported.
A former NFL lineman and sports talk radio host has been arrested and charged after allegedly assaulting his son and choking his son's boyfriend, according to court documents.
Phrases with assaulting
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with assaulting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: