He stepped back two steps; as his attacker advanced, Alan drove a fist into his stomach and leaped lithely away again.
It remains where it is, but adopts a head-up posture: the attacker usually then shows upright flight.
It may fly up and meet the attacker in mid-air: in that case an actual combat may result, or both combatants may show upright flight.
It shifts its perch a few inches: the attackerlands in its place, and both usually show head-up postures.
It flies away: The attacker usually flies after it and a chase ensues.
Meanwhile the mysterious attacker had opened fire again, but Dave's quick action at the controls caused the unknown killer to miss by a wide margin.
It was a cinch that the unknown attacker was cutting about in the black sky somewhere far behind him.
A hundred times he cursed himself bitterly for not getting away from that attacker last night--and without damage to the Lockheed's engines.
As a matter of fact, though, it was quite possible that the unknown attacker was miles and miles behind.
The greatest trouble of the attacker in all parts of Flanders is the difficulty of observation.
His attacker shuffled backward and Joe recognized the trained step of the professional boxer.
Joe's attacker tucked his chin into his shoulder, fighter style, and moved in throwing off the effects of the karate blows.
Night attacks, both on sea and land, are desirable, if the attacker can inflict surprise on the attacked, and not be surprised himself.
Even setbacks are unavoidable: neither formerly nor today has space been found without an owner; theattacker always comes up against the proprietor.
Down forty feet of bricked walkway, through the swinging iron gates, out upon the public sidewalk, Carlisle walked silently beside the attacker of her father, the religious fellow whom Hugo Canning so disliked.
Vivian, this friend of the Cooneys and malicious attacker of the Cooneys' relatives' characters, rushed over the girl inspiritingly.
Many forms of obstacles which would give anattacker little concern in the daytime become serious hindrances at night.
With large forces, a direct frontal attack gives theattacker little opportunity to bring more rifles to bear.
Bearer of the firmly grasped weapon, attacker in the fight, 131.
Bearer of the firmly-grasped weapon, attackerin the fight.
Bearer of the firmly-grasped weapon, attacker in the fight, 99.
Bearer of the firmly-grasped weapon, attacker in the fight, 37.
But with a lithe, swift movement his attacker was on his feet, swinging at Hanlon with the hand holding his lantern.
The Corpsman swung viciously with a right uppercut that lifted his attacker and drove him backward.
Otherwise the attacker must have been struck as he flung himself up before the opening.
Your attacker must have vamosed, else you'd have collected lead on the jump.
To dive down upon his prey would mean that in the event of missing his erratic moving foe, the attacker would plunge into the cloud fog and be at a disadvantage.
No sooner was he out of sight of his attacker than he brought the nose of the machine up again and began a lightning climb to sunshine.
In the interval while the attacker rested with jaws partly relaxed, the victim had an opportunity to break away.
Sometimes the attacker seized a fold of skin, or sometimes obtained a wide grip on its body.
This time, a bolt smashed through a wing, the watchbird darted away, but the attackerwent after it in a burst of speed, throwing out more crackling power.
In the murky darkness the bridge appeared deserted, but they could hear the pounding footsteps of the attacker who sought to escape.
In order to achieve desired levels of Shock and Awe, the attacker must know the current and projected effects of his strikes against elements of the enemy's residual system.
Finally, the attacker must be alert as to the interaction of the functions as the effects of these Deep Strikes begin to take hold.
They were partially successful, spitting forth a deadly barrage just as the prow of the attacker crashed into the deck.
The handle of one warrior's lethal bludgeon snapped and the attacker stared at it in amazement.
General Grant had an axiom that the best time for an advance was when you were utterly exhausted, for that was the moment when your enemy was probably utterly exhausted too, and of two such forces the attacker has the moral advantage.
The attacker knows where he will hit, and behind a screen of outposts he can mass his force and throw his whole strength against a mere fraction of that of his enemy.
Before theattacker could regain his balance, he kneed him into the next revolving partition and rammed it closed.
His attacker was reaching for the gun, hands slippery with blood.
It caught his attacker squarely in the chest, breaking his rhythm and knocking him back half a step.
The result was that his helpless attacker flew over him like a sack of wet wheat, and slammed down on the pavement on his side.
In a flash, Dave dived after him, but the attacker seemed full of coiled steel springs.
The attacker or attackers, if from the Indian encampment, probably returned there.
Before the blow could fall, a rifle cracked in the wood behind him, and the attacker leaped in the air, and pitched forward upon his face.
There was a growl and a bound, and straight at the foremost attacker flew Argos, Mamercus's great British mastiff, who had silently slipped on to the scene.
This instinct teaches it never to resist an attack, no matter how feeble the attacker be.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "attacker" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
