Two shiny suits of armor stood at her sides, as if ready to defend Skye against the fierce onslaught.

Todd made a fierce onslaught on the sermon to which he had listened in the morning.

At any moment, in his fiercest onslaughts, his opponent was liable to lash out and reach him.

All that could change, however, if Iran mounts another major offensive like its fierce onslaught against Basra last winter.

It was a fierce onslaught on slaves and slavers alike.

Only after a while memory began to fade against the fierce onslaught of the pain.

But, from a first fierce onslaught, ambush almost, the night wore on more hard-fought games.

Upon this the Boers made a fierce onslaught, but were as fiercely repelled.

The second-half saw a fierce onslaught by Limerick who had another goal disallowed.

Digging in, the soldiers resisted a fierce onslaught from Ollokot's warriors.