How to Use aggressor in a Sentence

aggressor

noun
  • Each country accused the other of being the aggressor.
  • That’s at the core of the tragedy of being an aggressor.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Silva allowed Ortiz to be the aggressor as the fight began and drew him into a corner.
    Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2021
  • In the second round, Davis came out as the aggressor trying to make up ground, a strategy that paid dividends in the second half of the round.
    Ken Belson, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Rudloff has denied wrongdoing, saying the protester was the aggressor.
    Madi Alexander, Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The attack set the tone for the debate, with each candidate taking on the other in personal terms, with Youngkin often the aggressor.
    Steve Peoples, ajc, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Police could not determine an aggressor and cited both for disorderly conduct.
    cleveland, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Lynchings are not only about showing the power of the aggressor but also about demonstrating the other person’s weakness and total subservience.
    Mary L. Trump, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The report indicated officers on scene had viewed Petito as the aggressor.
    NBC News, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Police said Allen had been the aggressor in the original physical altercation.
    Briana Rice, The Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2021
  • In each case, Mensah-Stock was the aggressor, scoring early and often with takedowns and reversals and controlling the tempo.
    David Barron, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2021
  • In the first half, the Tigers (7-2, 5-1) were the aggressor on their home field in front of a loud crowd.
    Chip Souza, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2022
  • At the top of Wednesday night's game plan: be the aggressor.
    The Courier-Journal, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The man who had been driving the car appeared to have been the aggressor.
    cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The Celtics were the aggressors early, scoring the game’s first 10 points.
    Kyle Hightower, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
  • This is atrocious, this is wrong, this is the aggressor, this is the one that needs to end this war.
    Manu Raju, CNN, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Russia is the aggressor, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.
    Justin Gomez, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The insurgents from the hard right of the GOP are usually the aggressors.
    Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The aggressor’s rights do not take precedence over the rights of its victims.
    Lawrence H. Summers, Foreign Affairs, 15 June 2023
  • Mays’ sister said the group that approached them were the aggressors.
    Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Parents rushed to the aide of the injured athlete as the referee ushered the aggressor off the mat.
    Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • And in their eyes, Seth was almost always the aggressor.
    Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Portland came out as the aggressors in the second half, and Austin wilted.
    oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
  • First, the use of force must be proportionate to the force employed by the aggressor.
    Ronald Sullivan, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2021
  • So Tueller assigned one officer to play the role of the aggressor.
    Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Dec. 2021
  • And they'll be reminded that there was some back and forth, and so who's the initial aggressor?
    NBC News, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Auburn was the first-half aggressor getting five of its seven sacks on Young.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Garcia spent Round 7 as the aggressor, but then came the quick exchange ending with a lightning-fast left to the body.
    Morgan Campbell, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Has the aggressor demonstrated addictive behaviors or substance abuse?
    Adam Satariano, New York Times, 18 July 2024
  • In addition to shea butter, the formula also features healing vitamin E, which protects the skin from environmental aggressors like pollution.
    Jessie Quinn, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024

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