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On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Attacking. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as assaultive or offensive and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.

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Attacking meaning

Carrying out an attack.

Synonyms of Attacking

Using Attacking

  • The main meaning on this page is: Carrying out an attack.
  • Useful related words include: assaultive, offensive.
  • In the example corpus, attacking often appears in combinations such as: attacking the, an attacking, of attacking.

Context around Attacking

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 31.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Attacking

  • In this selection, "attacking" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, police, years, maliciously, armies, player and targets stand out and add context to how "attacking" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include they are attacking us in, and china attacking their neighbors and attacking midfielder. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "attacking" sits close to words such as toll, wider and demanding, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with attacking

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Lily will explode, attacking Malcolm for taking advantage of Drucilla and attacking Drucilla for defending Malcolm. (16 words)

Attacking Sanders will shrink that number, although attacking him is probably unavoidable as the race goes on. (17 words)

Already you see people are attacking the victim no wonder women do not report assaults…her own people are attacking her. (21 words)

His hope is that all that possession and attacking and shooting will produce even more attacking and shooting, and he’s trying to remind his players of one of the oldest of hockey adages: You can’t score if you don’t shoot. (43 words)

Westerners frame the idea of nations like Russia and China “attacking their neighbors” as though that’s somehow moral than the US attacking nations on the other side of the planet who cannot possibly pose any threat to US national security. (41 words)

Real dominated the rest of the first half and their starry attacking lineup produced pacy, intricate and imaginative attacking interchanges but a combination of good defending and bad finishing kept Real out for the rest of the first half. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

If they are not attacking out people in Kogi, they are attacking us in Imo, if they are not attacking us in Imo, they are attacking us in Abeokuta.

By attacking the synagogue, the Nazis were attacking not only the heart and soul of the Jewish community, but they were also attacking the institution that was responding to the unfolding catastrophe.

The number of attacking armies does not include the minimum one army that must be left behind in the territory (e.g. if the attacking territory has 10 armies total, it has maximum 9 attacking armies).

After all, he has spent years attacking President Biden and every other outspoken Democrat for politically and maliciously attacking him (he claimed “witch hunts”).

It is usually a handball if a goal is scored by the arm/hand of an attacking player; or if the ball touches an attacking player’s hand/arm in the immediate goal-scoring build-up play.

Russia has been attacking targets—civilian and military—inside Ukraine; but, with few exceptions, Ukraine has foregone (and, when it comes to using Western weapons, has been instructed to forego) attacking targets inside Russia.

Westerners frame the idea of nations like Russia and China “attacking their neighbors” as though that’s somehow moral than the US attacking nations on the other side of the planet who cannot possibly pose any threat to US national security.

Ashton-under-Lyne MP and deputy PM Angela Rayner said: "Coming on the streets throwing missiles at the police, attacking police, attacking hotels like this one here today is not a legitimate grievance.

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Attacking Sanders will shrink that number, although attacking him is probably unavoidable as the race goes on.

Lily will explode, attacking Malcolm for taking advantage of Drucilla and attacking Drucilla for defending Malcolm.

Merthyr Crown Court heard Radcliffe first stabbed Andrew Price with a kitchen knife outside the supermarket before running inside and attacking nurse Gaynor Saurin who had tried to stop her attacking Mr Price.

Real dominated the rest of the first half and their starry attacking lineup produced pacy, intricate and imaginative attacking interchanges but a combination of good defending and bad finishing kept Real out for the rest of the first half.

Already you see people are attacking the victim no wonder women do not report assaults…her own people are attacking her.

His hope is that all that possession and attacking and shooting will produce even more attacking and shooting, and he’s trying to remind his players of one of the oldest of hockey adages: You can’t score if you don’t shoot.

Of course, "Scott" has other beefs with D'Souza beyond mere facts, because D'Souza has moved past attacking liberals, and is now attacking racism by trying to associate Democrats with slaveholders and Nazis.

A 15 m hit is also awarded for offences committed by the attacking side within 15 m of the end of the pitch they are attacking.

Baker notes the uncanny way that both authors imply an ironic "justification by ownership" over the subject of sacrificing children—Tertullian while attacking pagan parents, and Swift while attacking the English mistreatment of the Irish poor.

Besides attacking pieces, a target of a fork can be a direct mating threat (for example, attacking an unprotected knight while simultaneously setting up a battery of queen and bishop to threaten mate).

Enforcing an advantage If a player has gained an advantage over the opponent, the advantage can be protected by attacking pieces of equal rank and canceling them out, such as attacking a Major with another Major.

In early 1918 they operated their "round the clock" bombing raid, with lighter bombs attacking the town of Trier by day and large HP O/400s attacking by night.

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Common combinations with attacking

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "attacking" in a sentence?
An example: "If they are not attacking out people in Kogi, they are attacking us in Imo, if they are not attacking us in Imo, they are attacking us in Abeokuta." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "attacking" from authentic English texts.
What does "attacking" mean?
Attacking means: Carrying out an attack.
What are synonyms of "attacking"?
Common synonyms of "attacking" include: assaultive, offensive.
How many example sentences with "attacking" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "attacking", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.