assail

• I only hoped he would understand from my words that 'twas La Serenissima I meant him to assail, and not the Illyrians. —  Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen
• They are again free to assail, and this time will surely devour it Once more their melancholy whine breaks the stillness of the night, as they come loping up one after another. —  The Death Shot A Story Retold
• 'Doubts assail, an' oft prevail,' as the hymn-book says, an' I reckon it's a sight easier to have faith on meat an' potatoes 'n it is on corn meal mush. —  David Harum A Story of American Life
• Rev. Thos. Warton Line 159 There mark what ills the scholar's life assail-- Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail Line 221 He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale Line 257 Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe Line 306 Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage Line 318 And Swift expires, a driveller and a show Line 346 Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate London_. —  Familiar Quotations
• When those veteran car-warriors Virata and Drupada will assail, at the head of their respective divisions, the sons of Dhritarashtra and their ranks, then will Duryodhana repent for this war. —  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7

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