Example sentences for: onslaught

How can you use “onslaught” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • From the moment it became clear that John F. Kennedy Jr. and his two passengers had been lost at sea, Keeping Tabs--who was passingly acquainted with Kennedy--began to brace herself for the inevitable tabloid onslaught.

  • A little farther west, Quarteira, once a quiet fishing village, is today virtually unrecognizable, subsumed under an onslaught of rows and rows of apartment buildings.

  • Newsweek also readies us for the Spice Girls onslaught: a new album out this week, a movie this January, and lots and lots of product endorsements.

  • Yet — quite remarkably, in the face of the ongoing tourism onslaught — parts of the Algarve retain their old-fashioned charm.

  • Indian infantry inflicted heavy losses from their bunkers on the beaches but finally succumbed to the massive onslaught.


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