Examples of “assail” in a Sentence

verb To attack someone fiercely, either physically or with strong criticism.

• Our ears were assailed by her joyous efforts on her new saxophone.
• Muggers assailed them as they entered an alley.

verb To win an argument against someone or something, defeating their case.

• Yes," he said, half musing to himself, "I knew it must exist: the one explanation that accounts for everything and cannot be assailed. We have reached the bed-rock of truth at last. — Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados (1923)