besieged

Example Sentences

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Abdul Karim Omar, representative of the Kurds' autonomous administration in Damascus, told AFP Aleppo's Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods were "completely besieged".

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a dramatic statement of defiance on Friday, releasing a video filmed on the edge of a besieged city whose capture Russia touted almost a month ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Steven Skybell, magnificent in the role of the besieged patriarch, led a superb cast that brought a new understanding to an old chestnut through the force of Yiddish language and culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

In 1672 the MacLeods' rivals, the MacKenzies of Assynt, besieged Ardvrek and took control of it.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

“A member of the vast teenage underground besieged me on Carondelet Street.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole