Below you will find example sentences with "terrorist attack". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Terrorist Attack in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: attack
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.5 words

Words in this phrase

terrorist attack

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • terrorist can mean: A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals. Frequent word
  • attack can mean: An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

2016 nice terrorist attack in france 1× a single terrorist attack has occurred 1× after the terrorist attack 1× barbaric hamas terrorist attack on october 1× committing a terrorist attack against a 1× deadliest single terrorist attack in the 1× for the terrorist attack on uri 1× in a terrorist attack engineered by 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

authorities called it 1× ayatollah khamenei received 1× commissioner linford said 1× earlier the pcb 1× following hamas oct 1× gee was one 1×

Common sentence endings:

18 army men 1× a month ago 1× a terrorist attack 1× and national levels 1× as a nation 1× attack in france 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

response 4× history 3× hamas 3× deadliest 2× single 2× american 2× group 2× international 2× national 2× years 2× occurred 2× authorities 2×

Related phrases

terror attack terrorist organization terrorist group drone attack terrorist activities terrorist groups hamas attack heart attack knife attack terrorist attacks

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around attack:

hamas attack 8× heart attack 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

terrorist activities terrorism charges terrorism act terror suspect terror groups terror group

Just after it in the phrase index:

terrorist attacks terrorist group terrorist groups terrorist organization tesla cars tesla ceo

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

terrorist organization terrorist group terrorist activities terrorist groups terrorist attacks

Same ending:

terror attack drone attack hamas attack heart attack knife attack fatal attack

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "terrorist attack" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 2016 nice terrorist attack in france, a single terrorist attack has occurred, response, history and hamas stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with terror attack, terrorist organization, terrorist group, hamas attack and heart attack, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with terrorist attack

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Authorities called it the first terrorist attack in the capital in years. (12 words)

The IS terrorist was wanted by the European authorities for his connection to the 2016 Nice terrorist attack in France. (20 words)

Gee was one of 13 service members killed in a terrorist attack outside Kabul's international airport in August 2021. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

The Israeli government’s political response to the barbaric Hamas terrorist attack on October 7 shows one potential avenue of response to Communist China’s rapidly increasing national security threat – critically, a crisis or an attack forces a response. (39 words)

What you can do is, you can look at the period of time since 9/11, the tragic attack on 9/11, and say, how many Americans have actually died in a terrorist attack engineered by foreigners? (37 words)

That he was helped by the Pulwama terrorist attack and India’s swift response through a widely publicised military attack on PoK, is an important sub-text of the BJP’s projected victory. (33 words)

Question examples

What you can do is, you can look at the period of time since 9/11, the tragic attack on 9/11, and say, how many Americans have actually died in a terrorist attack engineered by foreigners? (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

The Lockerbie bombing remains the deadliest single terrorist attack in the history of the United Kingdom, and the second deadliest terrorist attack in American history” after 9/11.

Recalling the terrorist attack on the Parliament, the Prime Minister said that it was not an attack on the building but an attack on the Mother of Democracy itself.

The terrorist attack whose responsibility was claimed by the Takfiri terrorist group of Daesh generated a big wave of condemnation at the international and national levels.

He further informed, in the last five years, not a single terrorist attack has occurred in Maharashtra, but during the tenure of Congress many terrorist attacks took place, often.

The IS terrorist was wanted by the European authorities for his connection to the 2016 Nice terrorist attack in France.

The 9/11 terrorists attack on America’s soil represented the most heinous terrorist attack to have occurred since its formation as a Nation.

The Israeli government’s political response to the barbaric Hamas terrorist attack on October 7 shows one potential avenue of response to Communist China’s rapidly increasing national security threat – critically, a crisis or an attack forces a response.

Webb said investigators do not know of the motive for the attack, but told reporters that she doesn't believe the stabbing spree was a terrorist attack.

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What you can do is, you can look at the period of time since 9/11, the tragic attack on 9/11, and say, how many Americans have actually died in a terrorist attack engineered by foreigners?

That he was helped by the Pulwama terrorist attack and India’s swift response through a widely publicised military attack on PoK, is an important sub-text of the BJP’s projected victory.

The attack was carried out in retaliation for the terrorist attack on Uri that had resulted in the death of 18 army men.

According to the Associated Press, Israeli officials said Saturday that “around 1,200” were killed by Hamas militants in the terrorist attack just over a month ago.

Authorities called it the first terrorist attack in the capital in years.

Ayatollah Khamenei received a group of Iranian Judiciary officials on Tuesday on the occasion of the anniversary of the 7th of Tir (June 28th) terrorist attack, as well as Judiciary Week in Iran.

Commissioner Linford said that while the Queensland coroner will make a final determination, they were treating it as a religiously motivated terrorist attack.

Earlier, the PCB and all six franchises agreed to continue the PSL 8. They reached an agreement at an emergency meeting called after the terrorist attack.

Following Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel, Biden a supplemental package that would divvy up money to Ukraine, Israel and the U.S. border.

Gee was one of 13 service members killed in a terrorist attack outside Kabul's international airport in August 2021.

He pleaded guilty to all 11 counts in his indictment, including 10 counts of committing a terrorist attack against a mass transit system — one for each wounded passenger.

He wasn’t directly comparing Brady’s retirement to the worst terrorist attack in American history or the president being assassinated.

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