Earlier this week she launched a withering attack on the Press claiming stories about her personal and professional life were 'venomous' and 'guff'.

At the same time, Mr. Clinton has been the target of increasingly withering attacks from the President, which may be starting to exact a toll.

Such an "everybody does it" defense would collapse against McCain's withering attack and reformist credibility.

This prompted Syrian state TV to issue a "withering attack" on him.

Researchers become emotionally invested in their own ideas and treat their critics to withering attacks.

The withering attack overwhelmed Wofford, 5-7 and 208, who has a sorry record of 15-31-2.

The Republican Party pressed its withering attack on the Democratic ticket.

The critic Joseph Bédier (1864-1938) launched a particularly withering attack on stemmatics in 1928.

The White House first launched a withering attack on Democrats for asking questions, and suggested that the questioning itself was somehow unpatriotic.

The measure, containing no restrictions on private lawsuits, faced withering attacks from both cigarette manufacturers and public health authorities.