Examples of assault and battery in a Sentence
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Navarro sued Farrell for assault and battery, accusing him of intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract.
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
Kimberly Mullins and the couple’s two children are reportedly accusing Stines of assault and battery, while alleging that three other sheriff’s employees did not warn or protect the judge from Stines, who was showing signs of being anxious, violently paranoid and psychotic.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Prosecutors arrested 37-year-old Branden Bannister and charged him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and trafficking cocaine over 18 grams.
—Logan Hall, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Two Rhode Island teens, William Cantwell, 19, of Warwick, and Julian Bowers, 18, of Cumberland, were arrested and charged with destruction of property, assault and battery on a police officer and more at the time of the incident.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
Kimberly Mullins and the couple’s two children are reportedly accusing Stines of assault and battery, while alleging that three other sheriff’s employees did not warn or protect the judge from Stines, who was showing signs of being anxious, violently paranoid and psychotic.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025
Prosecutors arrested 37-year-old Branden Bannister and charged him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and trafficking cocaine over 18 grams.
—Logan Hall, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
Two Rhode Island teens, William Cantwell, 19, of Warwick, and Julian Bowers, 18, of Cumberland, were arrested and charged with destruction of property, assault and battery on a police officer and more at the time of the incident.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for assault and battery
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“Assault and battery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20and%20battery. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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