assaulted
Example Sentences
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After the story was published, Leto said in a statement released by his representatives to the BBC: "I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
"I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life," the 54-year-old actor said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Hearing Platner deny that he assaulted Fifield, and seeing so many rally behind him and against her, was too much.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
In many of the cases, Bis said, the claimants impeded or assaulted agents.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
Then he assaulted toe first boughs manfully, while the gentlewoman ran about underneath, talking about hawks and husbands and toe nice weather they were having.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
