personal attack
Example Sentences
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The 41-year-old - who became Cambridge's youngest ever black professor in 2023 - denies any plagiarism and said the recent furore had led to "an unrelenting level of public scrutiny and personal attack".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Arday has admitted errors in his work, but says he has faced "an unrelenting level of public scrutiny and personal attack" and is not a "liar"
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The closest he comes to a good old swipe at his former boss is this delicious line: “Trump did not devise the personal attack in politics, though he may have perfected it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
We all can have a good laugh at the idea that "Uncle Bobby's Wedding" is a personal attack on people who don't believe in marriage equality.
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
Furious over what he considered an undeserved personal attack on his integrity, Stith set off alarms about Operation Breakthrough’s misuse of federally funded cars.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
